100 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’s Guide •March 2004
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 VolumeManager (the vold process) on your system, you
need to disable VolumeManager’s control of the diskette drive before it can function
with SunPCi III 3.2.1 software. Youalso 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.