Sun Microsystems 817-3630-11 manual Using a Diskette Drive With SunPCi III Software

Using a Diskette Drive With SunPCi III Software

Many Sun systems come with one diskette drive. If you have a Sun system that does not have a built-in diskette drive, you need to have the drive installed if you intend to copy data from diskette.

If you are running Solaris Volume Manager (the vold process) on your system, you need to disable Volume Manager’s control of the diskette drive before it can function with SunPCi III 3.2.1 software. You also need to be root to perform this task. To disable vold and use the diskette drive with SunPCi III, run the script /opt/SUNWspci3/bin/vold_floppy_disable at the Solaris prompt before you start the SunPCi III software (as root). Otherwise, you will not be able to use the diskette drive as drive A:.

Note – If you have a diskette in the A: drive, you must use the command-line option eject and then physically eject the diskette from the system. Failure to use the eject command results in the diskette not operating properly.

Using a CD/DVD Drive With SunPCi III Software

SunPCi III software contains a direct CD-ROM driver for Microsoft Windows, so mapping the CD/DVD drive is not necessary. If you have created an emulated D: drive, the CD-ROM drive is automatically mapped to the E: drive in the default configuration. If you have not created a D: drive, the CD-ROM drive is mapped to the D: drive letter.

Note – SunPCi III 3.2.1 software supports DVD data, but not DVD video.

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