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SunPCi User's Guide
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Preface
Chapter 1 What Is SunPCi?
SunPCi Features
From the PC User's Perspective
From the Workstation User's Perspective
Getting Help for SunPCi Software
Solaris Online Manual Pages
Getting Help for Windows 95 or Windows NT
How to Proceed
Chapter 2 Getting Started
SunPCi Installation Package Contents
System Requirements
SunPCi Card
How to Proceed
Chapter 3 Starting SunPCi Software for the First Time
Starting SunPCi
Installing Windows 95 Software
Installing the SunPCi Drivers
Installing Windows NT Workstation 4.0
Before You Start
Setting Up Windows NT
Installing Service Pack 4.0
Installing Service Pack 4 From CD-ROM
Installing Service Pack 4 From the Microsoft Web Site
Reinstalling Windows NT
Creating and Configuring a New C: or D: Drive
Creating a Hard Drive File
Attaching a Drive File to C: or D:
Exiting SunPCi
How to Proceed
Chapter 4 Configuring Peripheral Devices
Audio, Video, and USB Connections
Connecting an External Monitor to SunPCi
Selecting and Installing the Video Drivers
Using the Windows Driver Switches With SunPCi
Configuring an External Monitor With Windows NT
Restoring Your Workstation Monitor
Installing USB Support Software for Windows 95
Checking Your Windows 95 Version
Installing the usbsupp.exe Driver
Connecting a Local Printer or Parallel Device
Connecting a Serial Device
Networking With SunPCi
Configuring the Network Protocols in Windows 95 and Windows NT
Setting TCP/IP Properties
Using PC Launcher With SunPCi Software
How to Proceed
Chapter 5 Using SunPCi Software
The SunPCi Command Line
The SunPCi Window
File Menu
Options Menu
SunPCi Drives
Emulated Hard Drives
Backing Up Your C: Drive
Extended Hard Drives
Redirected Drives
File System Drives
Network Drives
Accessing Solaris Files and CD-ROMs From Windows 95
Mapping a Drive Letter to a Directory with a Long Path in Windows 95
Installing Windows 95 Applications on Extended Drives
Accessing Solaris Files and Directories in Windows NT
Diskette Drives
Ejecting Diskettes
Using Low-Density Diskettes
CD-ROM Drives
Windows 95 CD-ROM Drives
Windows NT CD-ROM Drives
Ejecting a CD From a CD-ROM Drive
Using the Copy and Paste Commands
Copying Text From a UNIX Window To Windows 95/NT
Copying Text From Windows 95/NT To a UNIX Window
Printing From Windows 95/NT Using Solaris Printers
Using Windows NT With SunPCi
SunPCi 1.1 Hard Disks
FAT versus NTFS Hard Disks
Converting a FAT Disk to NTFS
“Dual Boot” Drives
How to Proceed
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Known Problems With SunPCi
Running Microsoft Windows 95/NT Applications
Running Windows 95 From CD-ROM
SunPCi Appears to Hang When Browsing Network Drives
Displaying Shortname Tails
Reading Windows Formatted CDs
Network Neighborhood
International Keyboard Support
SunPCi Hardware Problems
Error Messages
Mouse Problems
Diskette Drive Problems
Diskette Drive Conflicts
Keyboard Problem
Backspace Key Does Not Work in DOS (Windows 95 Only)
CD-ROM Drive Problems
Problems with Windows 95
Problems with Windows NT
Setting Up Your CD-ROM Drive
OBP (Open Boot PROM) Problems
Video Display Problems
External Monitor Resolutions
Printer Problems
Problems Printing to a PostScript Printer
SunPCi Software Problems
Installation Problems
Software Startup Problems
Windows 95 or Windows 95 Application Installation Problems
Windows NT Problems
General Protection Failures in Windows NT Applications
Problems Installing to Network Drives
Recovering from Windows NT Setup
Creating Windows NT Repair Disks
Using the Repair Disks
Emulated Hard Drive Problems
Attaching Drive C:
Disk Error Messages
Extended Drive Problems
Cannot Mount Extended Drives With Windows Explorer
Networking Problems
Cannot Connect to Other Systems
Diagnosing TCP/IP Problems
Appendix B SunPCi International Support
Using the Keyboard Environment Variables
Setting the KBTYPE Environment Variable
Setting the KBCP Environment Variable
Turning On an Environment Variable
Turning Off an Environment Variable
How an International Keyboard Works Under DOS
DOS Character Set
Code Pages and SunPCi Software
What Is a Code Page?
Devices Supporting Multiple Languages
National Language Support Codes
Using Code Pages in DOS
Manually Setting the System Code Page
Setting Country and Keyboard Codes
Using Hardware and Prepared Code Pages
Setting Device Code Pages
Setting Screen Code Pages
Setting Parallel Printer Code Pages
Switching Between Code Pages
Listing Current Code Pages
Displaying Current Device Code Pages
Refreshing Lost Code Pages
The $LANG Variable
Appendix C SunPCi Performance Tips
Fine-Tuning Your SunPCi Configuration
Memory
Emulated versus Extended Drives
Improving Video Performance
Improving Emulated Disk Performance
Windows 95 Specific Tips
Configuring Boot Options
Accessing the Startup Menu
Automatically Booting to the DOS Prompt
Running Game Software on SunPCi
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