152 SunPCi III 3.2.1 User’s Guide •March 2004
Because SunFSD does not support the SFN convention, some older Microsoft
Windowsapplications that employ this convention sometimes fail to install correctly.
Many recentapplications do not rely on 8.3 file name conversion support in their file
systems, and thus no issues arise.
Displaying Shortname Tails
On older Microsoft applications (such as in the DOS Command Prompt window), if
filenames are longer than eight characters, the file name might be truncated into the
8.3 DOS file name format and a number added to the file name (such as ~1). This
number is called a shortname tail. When reading long file names on extended drives
in the DOS window or WindowsCommand Prompt, the window can only display
shortname tails ending in the number 1. It cannot display ~2, ~3, and so on.
Note – The term “DOS session” refers to the Command Promptwindow. It does not
refer to OpenDOS windows running under OpenDOS 7.01.
Japanese Copy and Paste Issue
If you edited your $HOME/pc/SunPCi.ini file to support Japanese copy and paste
functions, you may see the following error message: Warning, bad clipboard
translation codeset specified in SunPC.ini file: codeset.
Ignoring.
This message indicates that there might be an error in the filethat you edited. Refer
to “How to Configure Japanese Copy and Paste Between Microsoft Windowsand
Solaris” on page 131 for more information.
Opening in Safe Mode Only Starts in ExternalMonitor
When opening Windows XP Professionaland Windows Server 2003 in Safe Mode
whenthe external monitor is not connected, the operating system attempts to start in
the external monitor.The internal monitor remains blank and Windows does not
start in the internal monitor.
Tofix this issue, connect and then use the external monitor.
This is a known issue and is currently under investigation.