Tadpole SPARCbook 3000ST, User Manual

Page 1: ...SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide SPARCbook 3000 and SPARCbook 3 Families ...

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Page 3: ...r any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables and connectors or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment Unauthorized changes or modifications to the equipment could void the authority granted by the FCC to operate the equipment This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this dev...

Page 4: ...if you believe it is necessary The telephone company may make changes in its facilities equipment operations or procedures that could affect the operation of the equipment If this happens the telephone company will provide advance notice in order for you to make the necessary modifications in order to maintain uninterrupted service If trouble is experienced with this equipment please contact Tadpo...

Page 5: ...RIBED BELOW WHEN INSTALLING MOVING OR OPENING THE COVERS OF THIS PRODUCT OR ATTACHED DEVICES To connect your computer 1 Turn your computer and peripherals OFF 2 Connect all cables between your computer and any peripherals 3 Connect all signal cables for example modem cable to a telephone receptacle 4 Connect the power cord to the outlet 5 Turn the peripherals ON and then turn your computer ON To d...

Page 6: ...EMENT THE UNIT MUST BE RETURNED TO THE FACTORY OF MANUFACTUREASTHEREISADANGEROFEXPLOSIONIFTHEBATTERYIS INCORRECTLY REPLACED Environmental Notice Note The fluorescent lamp located in the liquid crystal display LCD contains a small amount of mercury Dispose of it in accordance with your company s safety procedures local procedures or return it to your supplier for safe disposal vi SPARCbook Portable...

Page 7: ...talling the Battery 1 3 Connecting the AC Adapter 1 5 Powering On for the First Time 1 6 Powering Off 1 7 Powering off using a system shutdown 1 7 Powering off using Save 1 7 Using Full System Startup 1 8 Using Different Screen Environments 1 9 Starting NCE 1 9 Using an External Keyboard and Mouse 1 10 Initial System Configuration What System Configuration Entails 2 2 Initial Configuration Worked ...

Page 8: ... Management System Operation 4 2 Battery charging 4 2 Battery status 4 2 Battery warning LED 4 3 Maximizing battery life 4 4 The Internal Battery 4 4 Operating on internal battery power 4 4 Replacing the internal battery 4 5 Battery behavior 4 5 Battery conditioning 4 5 The Internal Battery Pack Charger Unit IBPC 4 6 Connecting the charger 4 6 Using the charger 4 7 Storing the charger s cable 4 7 ...

Page 9: ...urity 5 6 Enabling and Disabling Save and Resume 5 7 Chapter 6 Using the Removable Hard Disk Overview 6 2 Fitting and Removing the Hard Disk 6 3 Caring for Removable Hard Disks 6 4 Boot Disk Partitions 6 5 Model differences 6 5 Using Additional Removable Hard Disks 6 7 Configuring a boot disk 6 8 Configuring a hard disk for additional storage 6 9 Using a Removable Hard Disk Drive Adapter 6 9 RHDD ...

Page 10: ...Exporting local filesystems 8 14 Mounting filesystems 8 15 Automatic file mounting 8 16 Unmounting a remote filesystem 8 17 Executing Remote Commands 8 18 Copying files 8 18 Remote program execution 8 19 SLIP and PPP 8 19 Remote Computing Getting Connected 9 2 Configuring the modem 9 2 Checking the modem is alive 9 3 Simple Terminal Login Connection 9 3 Remote Network Access 9 5 Setting up PPP 9 6...

Page 11: ... 11 4 Display zoom 11 4 Color Mapping 11 6 Setting the color mode 11 6 Resolution limitations 11 7 Simultaneous Display Operation 11 7 Connecting an External Display 11 8 Configuring the Display Interface Using NCE 11 9 Using the NCE Display Panel 11 9 Configuring the Display Interface at the Command Prompt 11 11 Setting the Xserver resolution 11 11 Setting up the display interface hardware 11 12 ...

Page 12: ...ce 13 10 Chapter 14 Backup and Restore Overview 14 2 Backup strategies 14 2 Further information 14 3 File Backup Facilities 14 3 Backing Up Filesystems 14 4 Backing up partitions to tape 14 5 Making a complete tape backup worked example 14 5 Backing up onto an external hard disk 14 6 Restoring Filesystems 14 6 Re installing the Operating System from CD ROM 14 8 Chapter 15 System Upgrades Overview ...

Page 13: ...ing system panic 16 12 Failing program 16 12 Warning messages 16 13 Resetting Your SPARCbook 16 14 Appendix A Technical Specifications Appendix B Connector Reference DC In B 2 Parallel Port Connector B 2 Ethernet B 3 Video B 3 SCSI B 4 Keyboard Mouse B 5 Serial Ports B 5 ISDN B 5 Modem SPARCbook 3 Models Only B 6 Appendix C Customer Support Information What to do if You Suspect a Fault C 2 Conditi...

Page 14: ...e the mobility features To get the most from your SPARCbook as quickly as possible please take the time to read the first five chapters of this guide These provide the most essential information to get your system up and running quickly This section provides the following information Document Summary XVI Models Covered by this Guide XIX Associated Documents XIX Typographical Conventions xx ...

Page 15: ...er identifies the main components of your SPARCbook and briefly describes the function of each Read this chapter to familiarize yourself with the main components Chapter 4 Power Management This chapter describes your SPARCbook s power management system It discusses how to use internal and external batteries and a 12V car adapter Chapter 5 Save and Resume This chapter discusses how to use Save and ...

Page 16: ...nternal modem on the SPARCbook 3 Series models how to set up PCMCIA modems on SPARCbook 3000 models and how to use remote communications Chapter 10 PCMCIA Interface This chapter discusses how to use the PCMCIA interface to add memory or 1 0 facilities to your SPARCbook using industry standard credit card sized PCMCIA cards Chapter 11 Using Displays This chapter describes how to use your SPARCbook ...

Page 17: ...escribes how to obtain technical assistance provides a problem solving checklist describes how to use the OpenBoot diagnostics software and how to solve some common software problems AppendixA Technical Specifications This appendix provides detailed technical specifications for the SPARCbook 3 GX and TX S3GX and S3TX and SPARCbook 3000 ST and XT models S3000ST and S3000XT Appendix B Connector Refe...

Page 18: ...ok 3 model using the same operating system although specific details such as built in display resolution may differ Associated Documents Publication Topics Read Me First Release notes for the version of Solaris currently offered for SPARCbook 3 and 3000 SPARCbook NCE User Guide Describes how to use the Notebook Computing Environment refered to in this manual as the NCE User Guide SPARCbook Portabl...

Page 19: ...d OS file names Used to indicate commands you type in Used to indicate particular keys or key sequences that you press on the keyboard and buttons displayed in windows Used to emphasize important terms when they are first used and for titles of other publications XX SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide Example the device file dev rdiskette more etc hotsts To power off press the Pause 0 keys T...

Page 20: ...ur system to an AC supply and how to start up and shut down It provides the following sections Caring for your SPARCbook 1 2 Installing the Battery 1 3 Connecting the AC Adapter 1 5 Powering On for the First Time 1 6 Powering Off 1 7 Using Full System Startup 1 8 Using Different Screen Environments 1 9 Starting NCE 1 9 Using an External Keyboard and Mouse 1 10 11 ...

Page 21: ...m electrical appliances that generate strong magnetic fields such as motors televisions refrigerators or powerful audio speakers Do not disassemble your SPARCbook Do not move your SPARCbook while it is operating Cleaning the exterior surface of your SPARCbook and the liquid crystal display LCD require different methods It is recommended that you clean your SPARCbook as follows On the exterior surf...

Page 22: ...Battery When a battery is supplied with your SPARCbook it is packed separately to protect the battery and SPARCbook contacts while the system is in transit Figure 1 1 Installing the Battery SPARCbook 3000 Shown SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 1 3 ...

Page 23: ...r adapter supplies power to your SPARCbook whether your SPARCbook is operating or not The internal battery takes between 1 5 and 4 hours to charge the first time depending on SPARCbook model and whether it is operating or not The internal battery uses nickel metal hydride NiMH cells One characteristic of this type of cell is that it takes several full charge and discharge cycles for them to yield ...

Page 24: ...upplied AC adapter anywhere in the world where there is a suitable supply You may need to use different AC cords however Connect the AC adapter to your SPARCbook as follows 1 Connect the DC cord from the AC adapter to the DC In connector on your SPARCbook 2 Connect the AC cord from the AC adapter into a wall socket or distribution panel Figure 1 2 Connecting the ACAdapter SPARCbook Portable Workst...

Page 25: ... some delay the system configuration screen is displayed Configuring your system is described in Chapter 2 Initial System Configuration On a new system the Power On button is only configured to power your SPARCbook on It has no effect while the SPARCbook is running However it can be configured as a Save button using the NCE Save and Resume panel See Chapter 5 Save and Resume in this guide and Save...

Page 26: ... 30 and 90 seconds for the Save to complete Save and Resume The Save and Resume feature makes it easy to start and stop your SPARCbook without having to perform the lengthy Solaris shutdown and startup procedures of a conventional UNIX system The system s complete operational state is saved onto specially assigned partition on the hard disk and is completely restored when you next power on You do ...

Page 27: ...here you have previously used Save to power off or if Resume fails a full system startup can be carried out as follows 1 If your system is powered on press Pause 0 to power off 2 Press the power on button or if your system already has power but is failing to Resume press Pause R 3 When the OpenBoot start up screen is displayed press Pause A Tadpole S3 SPARCbook keyboard present ROM Rev 2 15 Vl 00 ...

Page 28: ...operates as a simple ASCII terminal and displays the Solaris command line If your SPARCbook starts at the command prompt you can enter OpenWindows by typing the command openwin The factory installed Solaris 2 5 1 may not have CDE installed Ifyou wish to use CDE it must be installed from the supplied SunSoft CD ROM The Notebook Computing Environment NCE provides a suite of graphical tools that make...

Page 29: ...d The pinout of the combined keyboard and mouse interface is standard allowing you to connect any Sun compatible external mouse and keyboard with their standard cables The combined keyboard and mouse interface allows you to connect an external mouse and keyboard The mouse can be connected directly to the SPARCbook or indirectly via a connector provided on the external keyboard The internal pointin...

Page 30: ... the Solaris operating environment ready installed for you on the removable hard disk However before using your SPARCbook for the first time configure the operating system following the instructions in this chapter You may require the assistance of a system administrator to carry out the configuration or to provide you with essential information This chapter contains the following sections What Sy...

Page 31: ...ay differ slightly between Solaris versions so that the order in which steps are carried out may differ from the worked example below As a general rule you should carry out any steps following any instructions displayed on the screen For full details of how to configure Solaris refer the SunSoft Solaris documentation Initial Configuration Worked Example Collecting the required system information B...

Page 32: ...nti The name must be unique to your SPARCbook system as duplicated names will disrupt the operation of the network Internet Address The IP address of your SPARCbook consists of four groups of decimal numbers separated by periods For example Internet IP Address 195 5 2 15 The IP address must be unique to your SPARCbook system as duplicated addresses will disrupt the network Name Service After you h...

Page 33: ...orrect choice for this screen When prompted enter your time zone information following the on screen instructions If your time zone does not correspond with any of those listed you can set a time zone relative to Greenwich Mean Time GMT also known as Coordinated Universal Time CUT or specify a timezone file to be used Setting a superuser password Enter a password for the super user or root account...

Page 34: ...ule you should log in to your normal user account for every day purposes Then when you need to carry out particular task as root enter the su command and the root password to log in to the root account SU Password The hash prompt indicates that you have root privileges When you have completed the task requiring root privilege close the root account by pressing Ctrl D on the keyboard Starting the U...

Page 35: ...u is displayed 3 From the menu select Programs and then Command Tool A cmdtool window is displayed 4 In the command tool window enter the command adrnintool The Admintool window is displayed If necessary select the User from the Browse menu to display a list of users 5 From the Edit menu select Add The Add User window is displayed ID Figure 2 1 Admintool 2 6 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Gui...

Page 36: ...ministered Use this section to specify such the required change frequency expiration date and number of days warnings are issued advising that the password should be changed Home Directory This section creates a home directory for your new user account You must enter a directory path in the text field User accounts are normally located in opt In this example Betty Small would enter the path opt bs...

Page 37: ...bes the function of each Read this chapter to familiarize yourself with the main components This chapter contains the following information Front Detail 3 2 Rear Detail 3 4 Underside Detail 3 6 1 0 Panel 3 7 The Built In Display 3 10 The Built In Keyboard 3 11 The Pointing Stick 3 15 Status Display 3 16 ...

Page 38: ...ain System Components Front Detail Front Detail The front detail of your SPARCbook 3000 is illustrated in Figure 3 1 2 Figure 3 1 Front View ofSPARCbook 3000 3 2 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...

Page 39: ...c Save when the battery is nearly discharged allowing you to Resume work when the battery has been replaced or your system has been connected to an AC supply The Power On button is used to power your SPARCbook on On a new system it is only configured as a power on button the unit is powered off by pressing Pause 0 on the keyboard See Powering off using Save on page 1 7 However the button can be co...

Page 40: ...n System Components Rear Detail Rear Detail The rear detail of your SPARCbook is illustrated in Figure 3 2 Figure 3 2 Your SPARCbook 3000 Viewed from the Rear 3 4 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...

Page 41: ... connect the AC adapter or optional vehicle adapter to your SPARCbook The 1 0 panel provides interface connections used for connecting peripherals and for communications See 1 0 Panel on page 3 7 The external battery release is used to release a clip on external battery pack when one is attached to your SPARCbook 3 Slide the release towards the front of your SPARCbook 3to release the battery The h...

Page 42: ...irculate beneath the base casting 2 Machine The machine identification label contains the serial Identification number of your SPARCbook and information about Label the machine type This information is required to obtain repair service 3 Battery Cover This is used to release the battery cover Catch 4 Battery Cover This covers the battery compartment Before you can use your SPARCbook you need to in...

Page 43: ...nectors for all of the expansion and communications interfaces except for the PCMCIA The following figures illustrate the 1 0 panels of the SPARCbook models o l o O o 4 Q IOI 0 ODD j j A jj B 0 Figure 3 4 1 0 Panel SPARCbook 3000 Models IOI Figure 3 5 1 0 Panel SPARCbook 3 Models SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 3 7 ...

Page 44: ...ly from this port Using the display interface is discussed in Chapter 11 Using Displays The SCSI port allows you to connect external hard disks tape drives and CD ROM drives to your SPARCbook See Chapter 7 Using SCSI Devices The combined keyboard and mouse port allows you to connect a Sun compatible keyboard and mouse The external keyboard operates ODD Keyboard Mouse Port simultaneously with the b...

Page 45: ... 4 The ISDN interface allows connection to the Integrated Services Digital Network services provided by telephone companies The Internal modem interface is used to connect your SPARCbook s SPARCbook 3 models internal fax modem to the telephone system only Note SPARCbook models with a built in modem are approved for connection to telephone systems in the United States of America in accordance with ...

Page 46: ...s used by your SPARCbook to display information when an external high resolution display is not being used To use the internal display open the lid and adjust the viewing angle to suit your needs Figure 3 6 Adjusting the Display Viewing Angle 3 10 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...

Page 47: ...tion keys The built in keyboard provides full size keys laid out in a conventional manner However the number of keys provided is limited by the compact size of the SPARCbook which means that some of keys normally found on a full sized keyboard must be simulated using key combinations The functions of the twelve function keys F1 F12 are controlled by the operating environment and some applications ...

Page 48: ...binations are predefined to operate them as shown below Operation Key Combination Start Openboot after power on or reset Pause A System reset Pause R System shutdown using Save Pause 0 Cancel Save Pause P Increase TFT display brightness Pause Decrease TFT display brightness Pause Move cursor to center of display Pause Home Calibrate Mouse Pause Home hold down for 3 seconds Zoom in Pause Page Up Zo...

Page 49: ... Ctrl C sequence Some of the keys also function as a numeric keypad Numeric keypad mode can be enabled and disabled by pressing Shift Numlk Pressing Shift Numlk enables numeric keypad mode Pressing Shift Numlk again disables numeric keypad mode The character for each key while in numeric keypad mode is screen printed on the top surface next to the larger typewriter character as shown in Figure 3 7...

Page 50: ...djusting the keyboard angle Note The keyboard angle is adjusted by releasing the legs on the underside of your SPARCbook which are illustrated in Figure 3 3 on page 3 6 Releasing the legs aids system cooling by allowing air to circulate beneath the base casting This ensures more reliabl operation in warmer climates Release the legs by pressing them towards the outside of the case They pop out of t...

Page 51: ...your hands are in the normal typing position The Pointing Stick is pressure sensitive and the cursor moves in the direction in which it is pressed at a speed corresponding to the pressure applied Under some operating conditions the cursor may drift down or across the display without the pointing stick being pressed or may move in one direction more effectively than it does in the other If this hap...

Page 52: ...rating system status Figure 3 10 The Status Display The battery status line on some earlier S3 models does not show a percentage number until the battery has been fully charged On a SPARCbook 3 the battery status line indicates whether you are running on the internal battery Int or an external battery pack Ext It also indicates the level of charge of the battery being monitored as a percentage of ...

Page 53: ...nnection has been established either via the internal modem or ISDN interface Indicates that the Ethernet interface is active and connected to a viable network Indicates the active presence of a PCMCIA card in the PCMCIA port Indicates that hard disk activity is in progress The three characters at the extreme right of the machine and OS status line display a hexadecimal code to indicate the status...

Page 54: ... discusses how to use internal and external batteries and a 12V car adapter It contains the following sections Power Management System Operation 4 2 The Internal Battery 4 4 The Internal Battery Pack Charger Unit IBPC 4 6 Using an External Battery Pack 4 8 Using A 12V Car Adapter 4 12 ...

Page 55: ...em automatically switches to a trickle charge to maintain the battery in good condition You can use your SPARCbook as normal while the battery is being charged Battery status information is shown on the upper line of the status display This provides an indication of the battery s level of charge expressed as a percentage with a plus sign to indicate that it receiving a charge or with a minus sign ...

Page 56: ...e Battery Warning LED The battery warning LED provides two warning levels First the LED flashes to indicate that there are 3 to 5 minutes of battery power remaining The LED flashes faster as this time runs down Second the LED illuminates continuously to indicate that the battery is almost completely discharged At the second warning you can take one of the following actions Connect the AC adapter o...

Page 57: ...g a slower CPU clock speed For information about how to use these facilities see the NCE User Guide The internal battery is specially designed for use with your SPARCbook It incorporates a number of safety features It is shaped to aid correct insertion It contains electrical protection against damage by short circuit It is physically protected against chemical leakage or rupture Operating on inter...

Page 58: ...upplied with your computer is self discharge This causes the battery to become exhausted after several weeks of storage even if it is not fitted into your computer Also when it is installed in your system the internal battery will discharge while your computer is not in use This may take up to 3 weeks depending on the level of charge when the system was last used System behavior with an Exhausted ...

Page 59: ... Internal Battery Charger Storage unit T2IBPCHRG Figure 4 3 Using the Battery Charger and Storage Unit Connect your battery IBPC as follows see Figure 4 3 1 Connect the AC adapter to either DC connector on the IPBC 2 Connect the supplied DC connector cable between the remaining DC connector on your IPBC and the DC In socket on your SPARCbook 4 6 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...

Page 60: ... when the AC adapter is connected and switched on The amber LED on the charger illuminates constantly when the battery is being fast charged and flashes rapidly when the battery becomes fully charged If the battery is too hot or too cold to charge the amber LED flashes slowly The charger keeps the battery in a fully charged state until it is removed The battery can be removed at any time by openin...

Page 61: ...xternal battery pack available from your SPARCbook dealer which will power your SPARCbook for up to 6 hours of use from a single charge The external battery pack allows you to use all of the interfaces an external RHDD or floppy disk drive while away from an AC supply although this drains the battery faster Identifying the main components 1 f A 4 C D Figure 4 4 External Battery Pack 4 8 SPARCbook ...

Page 62: ...ternal battery pack can be operated with your computer in one of two ways By direct attachment to the rear of your computer By connection with the extension cord Direct Attachment Attach the external battery pack to your computer as follows 1 Separate the cord holder 4 from the external battery pack by pressing the release lever 5 and sliding the cord holder off the external battery pack 2 Remove ...

Page 63: ...attery internal or external is discharged first This is described in the NCE Guide User Guide Charging your external battery pack Note Note To charge your external battery pack connect the AC adapter to the DC in connector on the external battery pack It is possible to plug the DC in connector into the computer when your external battery pack is operating on the extension cord However this will no...

Page 64: ...es automatically Detaching your external battery pack Note Removal of the external battery pack is a reversal of the attachment procedure 1 Power your computer off 2 Slide the release catch on your computer 9 then slide the external battery pack off your computer 3 Replace the two blanking plugs in your computer to protect the battery in contacts from damage 4 If required attach the cable holder t...

Page 65: ...CLE DISCONNECT YOUR CAR ADAPTER FROM THE VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY BEFORE CHANGING THE INTERNAL 5A FUSE Connecting your car adapter Caution Connect your car adapter as follows see Figure 4 5 The car adapter is suitable for 12 volt negative earth vehicles only Operation under any other conditions may cause damage to your car adapter or to your computer 1 Insert the large plug of your car adapter into yo...

Page 66: ...ile powered from your car adapter It charges the internal battery in the same way as the AC adapter Your car adapter is of a high efficiency design However to conserve your vehicle s battery life you should disconnect the adapter from the cigarette lighter socket when your SPARCbook is not in use SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 4 13 ...

Page 67: ...efore disconnecting from the cigarette lighter socket Ensure that your computer has an internal battery installed Operation during engine starts Voltage variations and spikes from your vehicle s power supply during engine starts can disrupt the operation of your SPARCbook As a precaution disconnect your car adapter from your SPARCbook before starting the engine following the instructions in the pr...

Page 68: ... to start and stop your SPARCbook without having to perform lengthy shutdown and startup procedures This chapter the following sections How Save and Resume Functions 5 2 Powering Off Using Save 5 3 Automatic Save Features 5 5 Sleep mode 5 5 Save and Resume and Security 5 6 Enabling and Disabling Save and Resume 5 7 ...

Page 69: ...your SPARCbook carries out a conventional Solaris system startup The Save Partition A partition is reserved on your SPARCbook s boot disk to support the Save and Resume feature The Save partition s size is equivalent to the main memory capacity of your SPARCbook For example if you have a SPARCbook with 64MB of main memory DRAM your SPARCbook reserves a Save partition of 64MB See Boot Disk Partitio...

Page 70: ...ume allowing you to take up work exactly where you left off How to ensure Save and Resume operates successfully Your SPARCbook Resumes most reliably if the hardware facilities are the same before and after the Save is performed To ensure the Save and Resume facility operates correctly it is important that you avoid making hardware configuration changes while your system is powered off This applies...

Page 71: ...ook will recover from these situations but this cannot always be guaranteed What to do if Resume Fails If your system fails to Resume carry out a full system reboot with the following procedure 1 Power off again if necessary by pressing Pause 0 2 Press the power on button 3 When the OpenBoot greeting is displayed press Pause A The OpenBoot ok prompt is displayed 4 Enter the following commands ok c...

Page 72: ...e is no mouse keyboard or interface activity it is able to perform an automatic Save See Power Manager Panel in your NCE User Guide In addition to the Save and Resume feature your SPARCbook provides a Sleep mode The Sleep mode can be enabled via the Notebook Computing Environment See Save and Resume Panel in your NCE User Guide Sleep saves the current state of your SPARCbook to the hard disk and t...

Page 73: ...normal login prompts One way to protect your SPARCbook against unauthorized use is to remove the hard disk while it is without power Refit it again when you next wish to use your SPARCbook before you power on If this level of protection is not sufficient you have the following options Power off using a conventional Solaris system shutdown To do this log in as root and enter the init Ocommand This ...

Page 74: ...ible command as described below or can be disabled permanently by assigning the save partition for general data storage Disabling Save and Resume Note To disable Save and Resume enter the following command saveresume n SAVE Partition was dev rdsk c0t0d0s4 This example shows the save partition for a SPARCbook 3000 model For a SPARCbook 3 the save partition is dev rdsk c0t3d0 s4 Make a note of the c...

Page 75: ...resume y dev rdsk c0t0d0s4 saveresume SAVE Partition is dev rdsk c0t0d0s4 This example shows the save partition for a SPARCbook 3000 model For a SPARCbook 3 the save partition is dev rdsk c0t3d0s4 The save partition is created when the Operating System is installed from the Tadpole distribution CD 5 8 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...

Page 76: ... drive how to use additional hard disks and how to ensure a basic level of security for your RHDD It contains the following sections Overview 6 2 Fitting and Removing the Hard Disk 6 3 Caring for Removable Hard Disks 6 4 Boot Disk Partitions 6 5 Using Additional Removable Hard Disks 6 7 Using a Removable Hard Disk Drive Adapter 6 9 RHDD Security 6 12 ...

Page 77: ...d another disk for use at home Each could be stored securely when not in use and each could contain the appropriate operating system configuration for its designated location with networking setup on your office disk and dial up client services set up on your home disk Using the Save and Resume feature each disk can store a different machine state that your SPARCbook Resumes when you next power on...

Page 78: ...ur SPARCbook is powered OFF before removing the hard disk Removing the hard disk while your SPARCbook is running may damage the disk and destroy important data 1 Place your SPARCbook on a firm surface such as a desk with its left side tilted upwards slightly 2 Slide the hard disk s catch downwards as shown in Figure 6 1 3 Pull on the catch to remove the disk from your SPARCbook Figure 6 1 Removing...

Page 79: ...is running always power off first Condensation If your hard disk is carried separately from your SPARCbook and is subjected to much lower temperatures bringing it into a warm room may cause condensation This will not cause damage but you should allow your hard disk time to acclimatize before using it Static electricity In common with most electronic components the removable hard disk is prone to d...

Page 80: ...r 120 Table 6 1 Removable Hard Disk Drive Factory Configured Partitions Note Model differences The partition map may differ if the hard disk has been reloaded with the Solaris operating system from the supplied CD ROM See Re installing the Operating System from CD ROM on page 14 8 The save partition is essential to support your SPARCbook s Save and Resume feature see Chapter 5 Save and Resume and ...

Page 81: ...e then the device files would be at dev cot OdO sn SPARCbook 3000 The SPARCbook 3000 Series use a removable IDE hard disk drive which has a fixed ID The factory installed operating system assigns this drive as target Owith the result that the device files for the disk slices appear at dev rdsk cot OdO sn as shown in Table 6 1 Main Memory Upgrades and Disk Partitions c The sizes of save and swap pa...

Page 82: ...nvolves Setting the SCSI ID for the RHDD Carrying out disk configuration You can only use SCSI removable hard disk drives with SPARCbook 3000 models if they are installed in a removable hard disk drive adapter See Using a Removable Hard Disk Drive Adapter on page 6 9 Setting the SCSI ID for the RHDD Before you use the RHDD you should check and if necessary set its SCSI ID The SCSI ID is set with t...

Page 83: ...config to configure an RHDD as a boot disk This creates the disk partitions described in Table 6 1 optimized for your SPARCbook s memory capacity Configure a boot disk as follows 1 Ensure that your SPARCbook is powered off and fit your new RHDD 2 Press the power on button 3 When the OpenBoot greeting is displayed press Pause A Your SPARCbook displays the OpenBoot monitor prompt 4 At the OpenBoot p...

Page 84: ...SI port It does not require a separate power supply Only Series 2 removable hard disk drives can be used with the RHDDA The removable hard disk drive supplied with SPARCbook 3000 models is a different type and can only be used internally Connecting the RHODA Connect the RHDDA to your SPARCbook as follows 1 Ensure your SPARCbook is powered off 2 Connect the RHDDA to the SCSI port on your SPARCbook ...

Page 85: ...have a SCSI ID of its own but takes its ID from the RHDD installed in it 2 Slide the drive s integral catch cover downwards see Figure 6 4 3 Tilt the front of the RHDDA upwards slightly and slide the drive into place until you feel the connectors engage 4 Slide the drive s catch cover upwards to lock the drive in place 5 Configure the drive as described in Using Additional Removable Hard Disks on ...

Page 86: ... unmount any file systems on the drive Figure 6 4 Removing an RHDD From an Adapter Remove the drive by sliding the catch cover downwards and sliding the drive out of the adapter Setting the SCSI Terminator The RHODA contains a switchable terminator The terminator must be active if the RHDDA is the only SCSI device connected to the SPARCbook SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 6 11 ...

Page 87: ...rovides your system a basic level of security by allowing you to remove it from your SPARCbook when it is not in use and storing it separately However it is equally possible for the RHDD to be removed by an unauthorized person The RHDD can be removed and installed into a similar SPARCbook allowing your files and applications to be accessed Unauthorized access can be prevented by using the Security...

Page 88: ...the SCSI ID and termination correctly and provides an example of how to configure an external hard disk It provides the following information Overview 7 2 Connecting SCSI Devices 7 3 SCSI Terminators 7 4 SCSI IDs 7 4 Configuring an External Hard Disk Worked Example 7 6 Using a Tadpole SCSI Floppy Disk Drive 7 11 ...

Page 89: ...dels or seven to SPARCbook 3000 models Do not exceed the maximum recommended SCSI cable lengths See the documentation for your SCSI devices V Select a different SCSI ID or target ID for each device on the chain The default SCSI ID of the removable hard disk supplied in SPARCbook 3 models is ID3 V Ensure that the SCSI chain is correctly terminated The chain must be terminated at each physical end b...

Page 90: ... along its length The SPARCbook itself counts as one device and the internal hard disk of SPARCbook 3 models counts as another This means that up to six external SCSI devices can be connected to SPARCbook 3 models and up to seven external devices can be connected to SPARCbook 3000 models which have an IDE internal hard disk Some SCSI devices provide two connectors so that they can be located in an...

Page 91: ... in Figure 7 1 A SCSI terminator is a type of resistor network which prevents interference occurring between conductors within the interconnecting cables and so improve reliability However terminators must not be fitted to other devices in the chain as this will cause unreliable operation To allow data on individual drives to be accessed each device connected to the chain must have a unique addres...

Page 92: ...sociated with those IDs Special Files Function SPARCbook 3 SPARCbook 3000 dev cOtOdOs 0 7 dev c4t0d0s 0 7 External Hard Disk Drive dev cOtldOs 0 7 dev c4tld0s 0 7 External Hard Disk Drive dev c0t2d0s 0 7 dev c4t2d0s 0 7 External Hard Disk Drive SPARCbook 3 Removable Hard Disk Drive dev c0t3d0s 0 7 dev c4t3d0s 0 7 with root partition SPARCbook 3000 External Hard Disk Drive dev c0t4d0s 0 7 dev c4t4d...

Page 93: ...SCSI ID of 2 which is connected to the SCSI port of the SPARCbook The disk has one partition Connecting the drive The SCSI ID for a hard disk can be set to O zero 1 or 2 see Table 7 1 The removable hard disk on SPARCbook 3 models has its ID set to 3 by default so this ID should not normally be used for an external drive If the external drive is the only external device or if it is connected to the...

Page 94: ...ctories respectively for each of eight possible slices partitions Thus in the case of the example drive with a SCSI ID of 2 the following special files are created Where dev dsk c0t2d0sn dev rdsk c0t2d0sn co defines the SPARCbook system s internal SCSI controller in this case O zero In the case of a SPARCbook 3000 this would be 1 t 2 defines the SCSI target address in this case 2 cto defines the d...

Page 95: ...ition is created on slice 2 which occupies the entire disk The disk is partitioned as follows 1 Become superuser 2 Enter the following command format Searching for disks done AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS 0 c0t2d0 IBM DVAS 2810 cyl 6183 alt 2 hd 8 sec 32 iommu O 10000000 sbsus l0001000 espdma 8400000 esp 4 88000000 sd 2 0 1 c0t3d0 TOSHIBA MK2428FB cyl 4000 alt 2 hd 8 sec 32 iommu O 10000000 sbsus l000...

Page 96: ...n set 8 character volume name format partition PARTITION MENU 0 change O partition 1 change l partition 2 change 2 partition 3 change 3 partition 4 change 4 partition 5 change S partition 6 change 6 partition change 7 partition select a predefined table 7 select modify name display label quit modify a predefined partition table name the current table display the current table write partition map a...

Page 97: ...t quit Create and then check a filesystem on the new disk 1 Become superuser 2 At the Solaris prompt enter the following commands newfs dev rdsk c0t2d0s6 fsck dev rdsk c0t2d0s6 Create a mount point and mount the filesystem In this example a new directory is created in the root directory to provide the mount point and then the new filesystem is mounted This is carried out at the Solaris prompt with...

Page 98: ...ppy drive is powered from the SCSI port of your computer Powering more than one floppy drive or a floppy drive and a removable hard disk drive adapter at the same time may cause damage to your SPARCbook The procedure for installing and using the SFDD is as follows Connect the drive Set the SCSI ID and terminator switches Power up the system and enter a command to create the necessary special files...

Page 99: ...ve a unique SCSI ID You set the SCSI ID for your floppy drive using the three SCSI ID switches shown in Figure 7 3 In order to avoid conflicts with other devices it is recommended that you set the SCSI ID to 5 000000000000000 000000000000000 000000000000000 000000000000000 SCSI ID 2 MSB SCSIID1 Active Term d l SCSI ID o LSB oN nRn Up O l_ u Down l Figure 7 3 SCSI Floppy Disk Drive DIP Switches The...

Page 100: ... should be terminated All other devices should have their terminators removed or switched off Creating the Special Files at Boot Time Before filesystems can be created or accessed on a floppy disk special files must exist To create the special files during the boot process the following procedure is used 1 Press the power on button 2 When the OpenBoot start up screen is displayed press Pause A The...

Page 101: ...ly accessing the disk You should use the unmount ore j ect commands before removing the floppy See below To remove a floppy disk press the eject button Only use Save and Resume with a floppy mounted and running if your SPARCbook is going to Resume with the same floppy drive with the same SCSI ID with the same floppy disk inserted and with the floppy disk data in the same condition See How to ensur...

Page 102: ...sk Access LED Mounting a Floppy onto a Filesystem Mounting the floppy makes the data on the disk appear as part of the standard filesystem of your SPARCbook although this is at the expense of some storage capacity of the disk which is used to store filesystem information Under UNIX you can directly mount a floppy disk with either an MS DOS or a UNIX filesystem Formatted disks that you want to use ...

Page 103: ...about making MS DOS filesystems or for further information about the mount umount and eject commands Using a Disk as a Raw Storage Medium Using the disk as a raw storage medium gains the maximum amount of storage space available on the disk You can use standard UNIX commands to read the contents of a disk by giving the device name as the input stream For example the following command would display...

Page 104: ...ow to connect your SPARCbook to a network and configure the network interface This chapter contains the following sections Network Terminology 8 2 Connecting Your SPARCbook to a Network 8 3 An Overview of TCP IP Networking and the Internet 8 4 Configuring Your SPARCbook for a TCP IP Network 8 9 Sharing Filesystems 8 13 Executing Remote Commands 8 18 ...

Page 105: ...er Hostname The name given to a computer so that it can be referred to easily by other users on the network Internet The name given to a wide area network that spans the world Many computers connected to an Ethernet local area network LAN are part of or have access to the Internet IP Address A unique number assigned to each machine on the network Each system address has a corresponding system name...

Page 106: ...e Chapter 10 PCMCIA Interface There are several different types of physical media to which the SPARCbook s Ethernet interface can be connected These include Thick wire Ethernet or 10Base5 Thin wire Ethernet or 10Base2 Twisted pair or lOBaseT To connect your SPARCbook to any of these media types a transceiver is required A wide range of transceivers are available from third party vendors that can b...

Page 107: ...entity so that data and messages can be sent and received anywhere in the world Although an in depth study of networking is beyond the scope of this manual this section provide a useful overview of how the Internet uses a system of network domains and internet protocol IP addresses to make data communications possible over the Internet Every device connected to a network must have a unique address...

Page 108: ...he second is used to identify an individual computer normally called a host attached to that network The proportion of the address used for each function depends upon the class of the network There are three network classes as summarized in Table 8 1 Network Host Likely Usage Portion Portion a b c d Only the largest networks are assigned Class A addresses Each Class A network has over 16 million a...

Page 109: ...ess for your site See Registering Internet addresses on page 8 8 Although IP addresses provide computers with an efficient means of identifying the source and destination of data and messages transmitted across the Internet it is much more intuitive for humans to use names TCP IP provides a flexible naming system which allows this The global Internet is organized into a hierarchical structure of d...

Page 110: ...tty Small who uses medoc at anyco might have the address betty_small medoc anyco com Simpler email addresses may be recognized by a mail server which uses database files to recognize the intended destination from Betty Small s email address of betty_small anyco com To allow access to computers attached to other networks or to the Internet a router or gateway is normally required The router or gate...

Page 111: ...arious computers are able to share applications and files In this case champagne functions as a router and controls data movement between this segment and any others within the same organization and provides access to the Internet Registering Internet addresses Internet addresses are allocated and administered globally by the DON ARPANET Network Information Center NIC An Internet address and domai...

Page 112: ...e network administrator will be able to advise you about the correct hostname and IP address to use for your SPARCbook Configuring your SPARCbook to use DNS optional This may not be necessary for a small network which rarely changes However as a network grows the administrative burden of keeping each host up to date can be considerable This burden is reduced on many larger networks by designating ...

Page 113: ...onnect to Simple Configuration Using ifconfig The ifconfig command can be used to set the basic characteristics of the network interface the most important of which is to associate an IP address with the interface For example ifconfig leO 192 3 4 56 netmask 255 255 255 0 broadcast 192 3 4 255 Configuring Your SPARCbook by Editing the Hosts Files The etc hosts file traditionally contains the name t...

Page 114: ... new SPARCbook 192 3 4 10 192 3 4 54 192 3 4 55 192 3 4 57 192 3 4 58 192 3 4 59 champagne burgundy bordeaux frascati merlot chianti internet router Configuring your SPARCbook to use a name server Note You are strongly advised not to use NIS or NIS with your SPARCbook if you intend to use your SPARCbook as a mobile computer Using NIS or NIS may prevent your SPARCbook from starting up properly if i...

Page 115: ...ning the IP address of the router For example the etc defaultrouter file for a machine attached to the network in Figure 8 4 where champagne is the router would be similar to the following defaultrouter 192 3 4 10 Testing Your network connection When all the necessary configuration files have been created and correctly edited your SPARCbook should be rebooted in order for the changes to take effec...

Page 116: ...e and Resume arise when file sharing is being used This is particularly true if you are running applications located on a server machine The scenario is frequently as follows you power off with a Save remove your SPARCbook from the network and then attempt a Resume with no network connection The server machine cannot be reached and the Resume cannot complete because your SPARCbook cannot Resume th...

Page 117: ... line has the following syntax pathname option option Where pathname is the file or directory to be exported option specifies the type of access to be given such as ro for read only or rw for read write access For example the etc exports file on merlot attached to the network shown in Figure 8 4 might have the following lines usr anywork rw medoc access chianti burgundy anon 1 usr anybrowse ro In ...

Page 118: ...u may need to create a directory as a mount point and then mount the remote filesystem For example Betty Small on the machine medoc wishes to mount the directory anywor k which resides on the machine merlot and access it within her home directory export home bs in a subdirectory called mywork The steps required would be as follows Create the new directory mkdir export home bs mywork This step is o...

Page 119: ...uch as vi For example to automount usr anywork on a machine called merlot as mywork on a machine called medoc as in the previous example the following line would be added to the etc vfstab file on medoc merlot usr anywork export home bs myworknfs yes rw hard intr Where the fields are assigned as follows device to mount This is the device name for a local file system or host pathname for a remote d...

Page 120: ...ilesystem is mounted automatically at boot time mount options This field specifies mount options such as read only ro read write rw and no super user privileges nosuid Other useful options for remotely mounted filesystems are hard and intr which together enable the local user to interrupt with Ctrl C or to kill hung processes which may occur if the network link is disrupted Unmounting a remote fil...

Page 121: ...to test for one Lets you execute a single command on a remote UNIX host For file transfer protocol allows you to copy files over the network between hosts Allows you to log in to any reachable remote system on which you have an account Allows to find out information about users on remote systems The syntax for copying files with rep is as follows rep r fromsys J filename tosys J filename For examp...

Page 122: ...ype the following rsh burgundy ls home When your SPARCbook is connected to a remote network via a SLIP or PPP connection most of the commands that can be used when directly attached to the local network can still be used This means that the network printer can be used and mail may be sent from your SPARCbook Care should be taken when disconnecting a SLIP or PPP connection that SLIP or PPP data tra...

Page 123: ...ARCbook 3 Series models how to set up PCMCIA modems on SPARCbook 3000 models and how to use remote communications This chapter contains the following sections Getting Connected 9 2 Simple Terminal Login Connection 9 3 Remote Network Access 9 5 Setting up PPP 9 6 Using a SLIP Connection 9 13 Electronic Mail 9 14 AT Command Set 9 15 Class 2 Fax Command Set 9 21 ...

Page 124: ...available from your SPARCbook supplier To use the internal modem connect your SPARCbook 3 modem connector into the wall phone socket To use a PCMCIA modem insert the card into one of the PCMCIA slots See Installing a PCMCIA Card on page 10 5 There are no system configuration procedures necessary to use modems with the SPARCbook as the necessary device file already exist The SPARCbook implementatio...

Page 125: ... EOT Simple Terminal Login Connection To open a simple terminal login connection to a remote system you can use the tip command The tip command allows you to open an AT command interface to the modem as described in the previous section or to dial up remote UNIX or non UNIX systems and to login to an interactive login session although you may require a login account on the remote system For exampl...

Page 126: ...nection remains in place and typing Ctrl D returns you to the remote system t from to Copy a file from the specified file on the remote system to a file on the local machine If to is ommitted the same file name is used p from to Copy a file from the specified file on the local system to a file on the remote machine If to is ommitted the same file name is used Get a summary of tilde escapes Termina...

Page 127: ...sed although the limited bandwidth of the link may make transferring large files a lengthy process PPP is only available on Solaris 2 3 or later it is similar to SLIP but includes sophisticated negotiation which improves data transfer rates and minimizes configuration overhead In order to gain access to a network using the SLIP or PPP you must connect via a telephone line and modem to a computer t...

Page 128: ...ary 2 Edit the etc hosts file on all machines to be connected 3 Edit the uucp database files for all dial out systems 4 Edit the etc passwd and etc shadow files for a dial in machine You will need to consult the system administrator if this is an organization s dial in server 5 Edit the etc asppp cf file on each machine on the link 6 Test the link These steps are described on the following pages L...

Page 129: ...t6d0s0 3 Install the PPP packages with the following command pkgadd d cdrom Solaris_2 5 SUNWpppk SUNWapppu SUNWapppr If you use pkgadd it is important to load the packages in the order shown in the above command The packages can also be installed using admintool 4 Follow the displayed instructions to complete the installation Editing the etc hosts File It is necessary to do this on your SPARCbook ...

Page 130: ...IP addresses for PPP link and its primary network interface Dial in Server Network D PPP champagne p Primary Network frascati Figure 9 1 PPP Connection via a Dial In Server burgundy For example to allow ketch to communicate with systems connected to the primary network the hosts file for ketch might contain the following Internet host table 127 0 0 1 localhost 192 3 5 21 ketch loghost my mobile SP...

Page 131: ...ems Devices The etc uucp Devices file contains an entry for every modem or serial port your SPARCbook might use for uucp or PPP operations The copy supplied as part of the SPARCbook load of Solaris 2 5 provides the following entries for the internal or supported PCMCIA modem Sparcbook 3 internal modem ACUEC cua c 38400sparcbk3 ACUEC cua d 38400sparcbk3 ACUEC cua e 38400sparcbk3 In the first entry ...

Page 132: ...is is the host name of the remote system which must be the same as the value for the peer_system_name keyword entry in the file etc asppp cf Time Defines the time at which calls can be made The value any specifies any time You can also specify when to call by using Su Mo Tu etc for the days of the week and by specifying the time Type This specifies the interface type in this case ACUEC for a V 32b...

Page 133: ...base to obtain a user name or user ID for the host initiating the call Your SPARCbook then verifies the user information in the etc passwd file For information about configuring these file please refer to the System Administration Guide See Associated Documents on page xix The etc asppp cf file provides PPP with information about the system at the other end of the PPP link When you boot your SPARC...

Page 134: ...the etc asppp cf would have similar structure to that of the dial out machine except that in this case the destination is not included in the ifconfig section but is included in the path For section example the etc asppp cf file for the SPARCbook frigate see Figure 9 2 might be as follows ifconfig ipdO plumb frigate up path interface ipdO peer_system_name ridge peer_ip_address_sloop In this case t...

Page 135: ...SPARCbook should dial the remote system and then after some delay while the connection is being established return output similar to that shown The 180 argument in this example sets a timeout of 3 minutes to allow time for the connection process to complete before reporting a failure Using a SLIP Connection You can use the Connect panel and Location panel of the Notebook Computing Environment NCE ...

Page 136: ... receive mail directly to and from any other Internet user To do this you need to register with an Internet mail feed organization as a new Internet node See Registering Internet addresses on page 8 8 Your SPARCbook is shipped ready to use existing Ethernet based mail facilities If you attach to a network that already provides email facilities you need to contact your network administrator so that...

Page 137: ...and Mode the modem accepts instructions in the form of command lines returns status information in response to some of them The modem can be instructed to perform functions such as originating or answering calls or can be configured to change its mode of operation Modems can store two configuration profiles and four telephone numbers while powered off With the exception of A all command lines begi...

Page 138: ...Set Tone Dialing Default Enable Short form Result Code Error Correction Message Control Enable Extended Result Code Set Long Space Disconnect Restore Factory Configuration Display Current Configuration and Stored Profiles Store Current Configuration Designate a Default Profile Store Telephone Number Enable Disable Data Compression Enable Disable Auto Retrain Display Blacklisted Number Remote Confi...

Page 139: ...odem The following modifiers may be added L Redial last number P Pulse Dialing T Touch tone Dialing R Originate Call in Answer Mode W Wait for dial tone for a time defined by S6 Delay dial sequence for a time defined by S8 Wait for Quiet for a time defined by S7 Go On hook for a time defined by S29 Return to Command Mode S n Dial a Stored Number Echo Command Characters This controls whether the mo...

Page 140: ...ation codes n O Request Product Code n l ROM Checksum n 2 Return OK Response n 3 Manufacturers ID n 4 Configuration Mode n 33 Sierra ID Return to Online This command returns to the modem to the Data Mode Command Response Control This controls whether the modem provides responses to commands n 0 Return Response n 1 Do Not Send Response Sr n Change Register Value This selects an S register and chang...

Page 141: ...e Current Configuration Store the currently active configuration including S registers as a profile n 0 or 1 Yn Designate a Default Profile Zn x Selects the profile used after a hardware reset Store Telephone Number The modem can store up to 20 numbers n Number memory O 19 x Dial string of up to 40 characters Cn Enable Disable Data Compression n 0 Disable data compression n 1 Enable MNP 5 data com...

Page 142: ...ration mode and transmit OK onto the telephone line Display Callback Directory This causes the modem to supply a list of all callback directory entries Store Callback Password This causes the modem to store a password and to store or delete a corresponding telephone number The password is used to match that supplied by a remote modem when secure access is used The number is used to dial back the r...

Page 143: ... FDCS Report Current Session FDIS Report Remote Identification FCFR Indicate Confirmation to Receive FTSI Report the Transmit Station ID FCSI Report the Called Station ID FPTS Page Transfer Status FET Post Page Message Response FHNG Call Termination with Status Class 2 Session Parameters FMFR FMDL FREV FDCC FDIS FDCS FLID FCR FPTS FCR FAA FBUF FPHCTO FAXERR FBOR Identify Manufacturer Identify Mode...

Page 144: ...ey are queued to be sent have been sent or have been received It also provides status and error information during fax transactions To send a fax with the main FAXtool window open select the Transmit button and the Send Fax window opens The Send Fax window shows a list of the currently available fax numbers When you first start up the FAXtool this box is blank Send a fax as follows 1 Select a fax ...

Page 145: ...sage pages Please refer to FCC Part 68 Modem Information on page iv If the fax is only partly transmitted or if the remote number is busy FAXtool will retry for a preset number of attempts and then if still unsuccessful cancel the operation For further infromation about FAXtool refer to the SunSoft Solaris documentation SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 9 23 ...

Page 146: ...acilities to your SPARCbook using industry standard credit card sized PCMCIA cards This chapter discusses how to use PCMCIA cards with the SPARCbook and contains the following sections Introduction to PCMCIA 10 2 The PCMCIA Port 10 4 Installing a PCMCIA Card 10 5 Removing a PCMCIA Card 10 6 11 P ...

Page 147: ...eral expansion Figure 10 1 PCMCIA Memory Cards and Peripheral Adapters The PCMCIA standard defines cards of three thicknesses each is about the same size as a credit card uses a similar 68 pin connector and has a 3 3 mm thickness around its edge The three types differ in the thickness of the center section as illustrated in Figure 10 1 The center section of a Type I card is 3 3 mm thick Type II ca...

Page 148: ...re traveling in territories where the built in modem cannot be connected to the public telephone network Interface cards These include network interface scanner interface and frame grabber cards Hard disk drives These include a range of different capacity products suitable for filesystem use which can be formatted and mounted like a conventional drive These are particularly useful for rapid system...

Page 149: ... This is useful if you wish to install an interface card such as a modem which uses a connecting cable The door is retained by clips at its hinges See Figure 10 3 To remove the PCMCIA port flap 1 Open the door to an angle of about 60 degrees 2 Pull firmly to release the hinge pins from the hinge clips To replace the PCMCIA port flap 1 Locate the hinge pins so that they both touch the hinge clips w...

Page 150: ...at either your SPARCbook is powered down or that there are no operations in progress with the card that is already installed To install a PCMCIA card proceed as follows 1 Open the PCMCIA port door You can remove the door if you wish as previously described 2 Insert your PCMCIA card into the slot with the 68 pin connector end in first taking care to align it correctly in the card guides 3 Push on t...

Page 151: ...EGuide Removing a PCMCIA Card Caution Before removing a PCMCIA card from your SPARCbook you should disable it using the PCMCIA panel of the Notebook Computing Environment See PCMCIA Panel in your NCE User Guide You do not need to power your SPARCbook offbefore inserting or removing a single PCMCIA card However before inserting or removing a second card you must ensure that either your SPARCbook is...

Page 152: ...e used as a router you must assign a separate IP address and hostname for each interface There must be an entry for each interface to be used in the etc hosts file See Assigning a hostname and IP address on page 8 10 See also Remote Network Access on page 9 5 for information about using remote network access via a modem In addition each network interface has associated with it a file in the etc di...

Page 153: ...he NCE PCMCIA Eject Script PC Flash cards are used in a similar way but use different device files These are as follows dev dsk c3d0s0 dev dsk c3dls0 slot 0 slot 1 SRAM and PC Flash cards can only be formatted as 1 4MB devices by Solaris To achieve their full capacity you can format them with a PC and mount them with the commands shown above Because of its physical thickness a PCMCIA hard disk mus...

Page 154: ...d that the disk slices for the PCMCIA disk appear at dev dsk cldOs n For example to mount partition 6 of a formatted PCMCIA hard disk onto a UNIX filesystem the following command would be used mount F ufs dev dsk cld0s6 mnt It is not possible make a PC file system on the hard disk with Solaris The disk must be formatted on a PC and then it can be mounted with the following command mount F pcfs dsk...

Page 155: ... following sections SPARCbook Display Interface Overview 11 2 Display Interface Operating Modes 11 3 Pan and Zoom 11 4 Color Mapping 11 6 Simultaneous Display Operation 11 7 Connecting an External Display 11 8 Configuring the Display Interface Using NCE 11 9 Configuring the Display Interface at the Command Prompt 11 11 Adding to the Display Types List 11 14 Display Timing Parameters 11 16 1111 ...

Page 156: ...erface s operating parameters One feature that makes the SPARCbook unique is that the Xserver resolution can be set independently of the display resolution as illustrated in Figure 11 1 providing applications with an emulated frame buffer Physical Frame Buffer Displayed Image Figure 11 1 Xserver and uk For example you could set the Xserver to drive a 1024 x 768 pixel display and configure the SPAR...

Page 157: ...can be considered to provide accelerated graphics the two terms can be used interchangeably for the SPARCbook For example if you enable an external display of 1024 x 768 pixels and have the Xserver resolution set to 1024 x 768 pixels then your system operates in native mode with accelerated graphics Emulated mode is selected when the Xserver resolution and display resolution are set to different r...

Page 158: ...isplay To pan the display move the cursor to the edge of the display toward the part of the image that you wish to see For example if the part of the image that you want to see is to the left of the display move the cursor to the left edge and continue trying to move the cursor to the left Depending on the selected emulated frame buffer resolution and physical display resolution your SPARCbook pro...

Page 159: ...e blank borders around the image if for example you display a 1024 x 768 image on a 800 x 600 display In this case the quarter size image would only occupy the center 256 x 192 pixels on the display When you start OpenWindows or CDE with an emulated frame buffer image larger than the display the internal display is automatically zoomed to fit so that you can view the whole image This may leave lar...

Page 160: ...s used to select an entry in a 24 bit color palette to obtain an 8 bit intensity value for each of the red green and blue color channels Thus you get 256 colors displayed simultaneously from a palette of 16 777 216 When 16 and 32 bits per pixel are used the pixel data controls directly the intensity of the red green and blue video channels These modes are refered to as true color modes for this re...

Page 161: ...o Bits Pixel Colors Maximum Resolution 8 256 from 16777216 1600x 1200 16 65536 1152 X 900 32 16777216 800x600 Table 11 1 SPARCbook Color Resolution Simultaneous Display Operation The internal display can be used simultaneously with an external display if they both have the same resolution For example a SPARCbook system fitted with a 1024 x 768 XGA display can drive an external 1024 x 768 display a...

Page 162: ...Figure 11 3 Display Interface Connector The Sun monitor cable adapter allows you to connect Sun monitors to your SPARCbook The monitor adapter cable is illustrated in Figure 11 4 Figure 11 4 Sun Monitor Adapter Cable Connect an external monitor as follows 1 Connect the monitor cable to the monitor 2 Connect the monitor video cable to your SPARCbook using the adapter illustrated above if required 3...

Page 163: ... environment from the Solaris command prompt Using the NCE Display Panel Note The NCE Display panel provides an easy to use method of reconfiguring the display interface It provides a list of predefined display types When a display is chosen from the list the Xserver is automatically set to the same resolution enabling native mode by default see Native mode on page 11 3 However the Display panel g...

Page 164: ...ESA 1024 x 768 The Xserver Resolution changes to correspond enabling accelerated graphics 6 If required to support your particular applications select a different Xserver resolution from the Xserver Resolution pull down menu Selecting a lower Xserver resolution than the physical display resolution will result in blank borders around the image on the display 7 Click the Test button This causes the ...

Page 165: ...ical display resolution using the fbconfig command Setting the Xserver resolution The Xserver resolution can be set at the Solaris command prompt using the openwin command with SPARCbook specific options Different command syntax are required under Solaris 2 4 and 2 5 as outlined below Under Safaris 2 4 Using the following command syntax openwin noport native width 1024 height 768 This sets a SPARC...

Page 166: ... 2 4 are still available but must be passed into the Xserver using the TADXOPTIONS environmental variable For example you could use the command TADXOPTIONS maxfb openwin This starts the OpenWindows desktop environment with the Xserver resolution set to 1600 x 1200 pixels Setting up the display interface hardware The display interface hardware can be configured from the Solaris command prompt with ...

Page 167: ...vice name instead of the default dev fb Verbose report detailing all timing parameters and flag settings Print the number of the current mode List all modes currently set up Change to mode The new mode will not take effect until the next time the Xserver is started Change to the default setting immediately This change will only take place the next time the Xserver is started Create the new mode wi...

Page 168: ...only or if the mode is in operation c mode Define new mode as a copy of existing mode D mode Set the pixel depth of the mode e state Set external display drive to state where Ois off and 1 is s on This only works if the current mode is driving the built in display such as mode Oor new modes with the i flag set Save the current mode in etc fbconfigurations This option can be used alone or with any ...

Page 169: ...tion Lines 1456 Pixels 304 See below Pixels 32 Horizontal Front Porch Pixels 128 Horizontal Sync Width Pixels 915 Lines 45 See below Lines 3 Vertical Front Porch Lines 3 Vertical Sync Width Lines Table 11 2 Example Display Parameters Using the manufacturer s parameters the horizontal and vertical back porches can be calculated in the following way Horizontal Back Porch HBlanking HSync delay HSync ...

Page 170: ...reen Typical characteristics for horizontal and vertical synchronization and blanking signals are illustrated in Figure 11 6 BLANK SYNC Front Sync Back Porch Width Porch Visible Video Figure 11 6 Video Timing Signals The waveforms for the horizontal and vertical sync signals are similar in shape but differ in that the horizontal parameters are measured in pixels or dots while the vertical paramete...

Page 171: ... front and back porches The porches are used to adjust the position of the video image on the display The way that the timing signals affect the image on the display is shown in Figure 11 7 Horizontal Resolution Vertical Resolution Figure 11 7 Video Timing Parameters on the Displayed Image SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 11 17 ...

Page 172: ...rallel and Audio 1 0 This chapter describes how to use the serial parallel and audio interfaces It contains the following sections Using Serial Devices 12 2 Using Parallel Devices 12 3 Using Audio Equipment 12 4 ...

Page 173: ...t for a terminal or modem from within the OpenWindows or CDE desktops login as root and use admintool as follows 1 Launch admintool from within a cmdtool window with the following command adrnintool 2 From the Browse menu select Serial Ports The Serial Ports menu is displayed Figure 12 1 Admintool Serial Ports Window Ports a and b are the serial ports on the 1 0 panel of your SPARCbook that are co...

Page 174: ...ocuments on page xix Using Parallel Devices You can connect a range of devices to the parallel port on the rear of your SPARCbook including printers and scanners The parallel port provides a 26 pin mini D type connector Pinout information is provided in Parallel Port Connector on page B 2 A cable adapter as illustrated in Figure 12 2 is available which allows connection to cables equipped with a 2...

Page 175: ...penWindows Audiotool allows you to record and play back audio files and provides controls to adjust the input level of the microphone line input and the volume of the speaker and line output I I Figure 12 3 OpenWindowsAudiotool For more information about Audiotool please refer to your Solaris documentation Using the built in microphone and speaker The built in microphone and speaker provide an aud...

Page 176: ... Devices which require a more sensitive input such as a stereo microphone or a mixing desk may require a suitable preamplifier The line output provides a suitable input for a PA amplifier or for active or multimedia speakers speakers that contain their own amplifier The audio output can be adjusted to provide CD quality sound reproduction SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 12 5 ...

Page 177: ...ning third party applications and outlines any limitations that may apply This chapter contains the following sections Third party Application Support 13 2 Methods of Installing Applications 13 3 Legibility of Text on a Small Screen 13 4 Customizing the Operating System 13 5 ...

Page 178: ...al all third party X or OpenWindows applications written for SPARCstation and compatible workstations will run on the SPARCbook with very few limitaitions as follows Applications use either Xwindows as their graphics system or must be written for OpenWindows The operating system uses Xwindows Release 4 and OpenWindows Version 3 3 but you can run earlier Xwindows or OpenWindows applications directl...

Page 179: ...ne of the following methods From a locally connected CD ROM tape or floppy drive From a network server From a remote website For specific information about installing SPARC applications onto SPARCbook refer to the documentation supplied with the application and to the SunSoft documentation see Associated Documents on page xix Applications and Graphics Interfaces The SPARCbook uses a standard Xserv...

Page 180: ... using some display resolutions you may find that text elements within windows and menus become very small Both OpenWindows and CDE allow you to increase the size of text used in windows menus and alert messages Changing Text Size in OpenWindows To change the font size used in OpenWindows select Workspace Properties from the Workspace menu and then select Fonts from the Category menu Within the fo...

Page 181: ...tructions should be read in conjunction with your SunSoft Solaris documentation The basic procedure for adding packages is as follows Connect a CD ROM drive either directly to your SPARCbook or to a server containing the Tadpole or SunSoft distribution CD Consult the system administrator if required for advice on using the CD ROM with a server Create the necessary device file dev dsk cot 6dos 0 if...

Page 182: ...e necessary special file dev dsk c0t6d0s0 to allow the CD ROM s filesystem s to be accessed Creating Device Files On a Live System It may be necessary to add an external CD ROM drive to a SPARCbook without powering the system down in order to allow uninterrupted access to available SPARCbook filesystems In this case the device file described above can be created as follows 1 Become superuser 2 Ent...

Page 183: ...rom Displaying Package Information Removing Packages To display information about all packages that are already installed on your SPARCbook type pkginfo Information about the installed packages is displayed on your screen Alternatively to display information about specific packages you can pipe the output of pkginfo into a grep command For example the following command could be used to display the...

Page 184: ... it really is The swap partition created by the factory install on your SPARCbook s removable hard disk drive is large enough to allow a reasonable number of tools and applications to be used simultaneously Table 13 1 shows the sizes used for the swap partition for the different memory capacities See also Boot Disk Partitions on page 6 5 Memory MB swap size MB 16 32 32 64 64 96 128 128 256 256 Tab...

Page 185: ...ust run every second Keep your mail in mailfiles if you have more than a few messages Each message that appears when you open your mail file takes memory Keep tools iconified if you are not using them but do not want to quit them For example the performance meter and the File Manager tools are suspended when they are iconified freeing up memory but not swap space for other processes Arrange tools ...

Page 186: ...t of swap space available and in use You can create and add additional swap space without reformatting the disk For example the following steps create a 16Mbyte file for use as extra swap space you will need to be superuser or logged in as root to do this as follows 1 Create a swap file using the following commands mkdir swap cd swap mkfile 16m SWAPFILE Make a 16Mbyte file 2 Add the swap file to t...

Page 187: ...plementation of Solaris In particular it provides an example of how to use ufsdump and ufsrestore to backup and restore filesystems The following topics are covered Overview 14 2 File Backup Facilities 14 3 Backing Up Filesystems 14 4 Restoring Filesystems 14 6 Re installing the Operating System from CD ROM 14 8 ...

Page 188: ...ndividual needs You should consult the system administrator for your organization who will be able to advise you on the best strategy for you and the facilities available The following observations may help in devising your strategy Your SPARCbook runs the standard Solaris operating system with backup capabilities identical to those of a conventional desktop system including tar cpio and ufsdump T...

Page 189: ... allowing you to back up both local and remote filesystems mounted via NFS For example the tar command could be used to make a backup of your export home directory to tape as follows tar cvf dev rmt 0 export home As another example to save the file mywork to a floppy disk using the Tadpole SCSI floppy disk drive the command would be as follows the disk must be formatted see Formatting a Floppy Dis...

Page 190: ...Failing to observe the correct order could completely destroy the filesystem being backed up For example to create backup of a disk partition on a 5 0 Gbyte tape unit 0 the following command would be used ufsdump Ofu dev rmt 0 dev rdsk cOtOdOsn Ofu is a list of options O specifies the backup level in this case a full backup u specifies that the etc dumpdates file should be updated with a record of...

Page 191: ...iting the last In this case the argument dev rmt On corresponds with the f option and the 6 4 argument corresponds with the b block size option It is important to restore the partitions in the same order they where backed up Making a complete tape backup worked example This example creates a tape backup of the backup partition of your removable hard disk drive This is special partition that spans ...

Page 192: ...ition in turn to an external hard disk the commands would have the following form ufsdump Of external usr_arch_ddmmyy usr Where usr_arch_ddmmyy is the name of the dump file The _arch element used in this example is an arbitrary reminder to the user at a future date that this is an archive and ddmmyy provides an arbitrary date stamp Restoring Filesystems Caution Filesystems can be restored from a u...

Page 193: ...ot and then at the Solaris prompt restore each partition in turn with the following sequence of commands This example restores the partitons in the order they where backed up in Backing up partitions to tape on page 14 5 cd umount mnt mount dev dsk c0t3d0s0 mnt ufsrestore rf dev rmt On To restore the root filesystem to your hard disk cd umount mnt mount dev dsk c0t3d0s3 mnt ufsrestore rf dev rmt O...

Page 194: ... your own preference or you can follow the default option Table 14 1 shows a partition map for a hard disk installed from the CD using the defualt options except for the var partition which was selected explicitly The resulting partition map differs from the factory installed partition map shown in Boot Disk Partitions on page 6 5 the Partition Approximate Size SPARCbook 3 SPARCbook 3000 Tag MB ds...

Page 195: ...the CD ROM drive to your SPARCbook at SCSI ID 6 2 Power up your SPARCbook and external drive and when the OpenBoot greeting is displayed press Pause A on the keyboard The OpenBoot ok prompt is displayed 3 Boot the SPARCbook with the following command ok create no resume ok boot cdrom 4 After a considerable delay the Solaris installer window is displayed Follow the displayed instructions to install...

Page 196: ...pgrades to your SPARCbook The user installed upgrades covered allow you to add larger hard disk drives and more DRAM to your SPARCbook This chapter provides the following sections Overview 15 2 Upgrading the Hard Disk Drive 15 2 Upgrading the Main Memory 15 3 ...

Page 197: ...vable hard disk drive makes it easy for you to carry out disk upgrades by installing larger capacity drives as they become available Disks can be obtained from your SPARCbook supplier either blank or preloaded with the Solaris Operating System You can install Solaris onto a blank disk as described in Re installing the Operating System from CD ROM on page 14 8 For preloaded disk see Configuring a b...

Page 198: ...plete backup of all important files on your system The Tadpole install program partitions the drive automatically for the new memory size However this can be a very time consuming procedure Always fit an identical pair of SIMMs for example two 64MB SIMMs Other combinations will not operate To avoid damaging your SPARCbook observe antistatic precautions when replacing the SIMMs Use the grounding wr...

Page 199: ...o Remove the SIMMs 1 Ensure that your SPARCbook is powered off by carrying out a system shutdown as described in Powering off using a system shutdown on page 1 7 and is not connected to an external power supply unit 2 Close the lid and place your computer upside down on a level surface 3 Remove the battery cover and battery 4 Placing the forefinger of the left hand on the L symbol and the forefing...

Page 200: ...rounding wrist strap and that it is grounded as described by the supplied documentation 2 Gently press the latches of the first SIMM socket outward until the SIMM pops up see Figure 15 2 views A and B This frees the SIMM for removal 3 Remove the SIMM and place it in an antistatic bag 4 Repeat for the second SIMM SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide 15 5 ...

Page 201: ...emove the first new SIMM from its antistatic bag 3 Hold the SIMM so that its contact edge points away from you and the cut out edge is on the right Then place the SIMM s contact edge against the SIMM connector see Figure 15 2 views C and D 4 With the contacts in position gently press the SIMM downwards until the latches click into place 5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the second SIMM 15 6 SPARCbook Po...

Page 202: ...isk Partitions on page 6 5 Be sure to backup all important program and data files before making any changes to the disk partitions as the process will destroy data on the disk drive The steps required to reconfigure the partition map on your hard disk are as follows Connect a CD ROM and backup device to your SPARCbook and power on Check that there is adequate free space on your internal hard disk ...

Page 203: ...ion must be the same size as the memory capacity of the system This is because the Save and Resume feature copies contents of the main memory to an equal sized area of the hard disk before powering your SPARCbook down and uses this information to Resume the next time you power on see 15 8 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide How Save and Resume Functions on page 5 2 Therefore if you increase ...

Page 204: ...15 2 Additional Disk Space Requirements Table 15 3 shows the recommended sizes for the swap partition for the different memory capacities These are used to calculate the free space requirements shown in Table 15 2 Memory MB swap size MB 16 32 32 64 64 96 128 128 Table 15 3 Recommended Swap Partition Sizes In this example the upgrade from 64MB to 128MB requires a total of 96MB free space to provide...

Page 205: ...ult shows that there is sufficient space on this hard disk for the upgrade to succeed However if there is not sufficient space that is result is a small or negative value you will have to use a larger hard disk and load the operating system from the Tadpole or Sunsoft CDs or remove unwanted files from opt Calculating the New Partition Sizes Before you can repartition the drive you need to calculat...

Page 206: ... all subsequent partitions must be moved up by a corresponding amount In this example all partitions other than the root backup and usr partitions must be moved as illustrated in Figure 15 3 root swap root swap 32MB 32MB opt opt 96MB 96MB Figure 15 3 Reassigning the Free Space Repartitioning the drive Preparing to Repartition the Drive Boot your SPARCbook from the Tadpole CD as follows usr usr 1 P...

Page 207: ...ELECTIONS list In this example the only disk available is disk 0 Specify disk enter its number 0 selecting cOtOdO disk formatted 3 From the format menu select partition format partition 4 From the partition menu select print partition print Part Tag Flag Cylinders Size Blocks 0 root wm 0 505 126 50MB 506 0 0 1 swap WU 506 889 96 00MB 384 0 0 259072 6014464 2 backup wm 0 11746 2 87GB 11746 0 0 1582...

Page 208: ...d in size so that the start cylinder for all subsequent partitions must move up by a corresponding amount Partition Old Values Cylinders Size Change New Values Cylinders to Change Start End Used Cylinders Start End Used 1 3 4 5 6 swap 506 889 384 128a 506 1017 512 var 890 1329 440 0 1018 1457 440 save 1330 1585 256 256b 1458 1969 512 opt 1586 11261c 9676 384 1970 11261 9292 usr 11262c 11742 480 0 ...

Page 209: ...able display the current table write partition map and label to the disk 2 Change each partition in turn as follows using the values from Table 15 4 in this example partition 1 Part Tag 1 swap Flag Cylinders WU 506 889 Size Blocks 96 00MB 384 0 0 6014464 Enter partition id tag swap RETURN Enter partition permission flag wu RETURN Enter new starting cyl 506 RETURN Enter partition size 6014464b 384c...

Page 210: ...he disk partition label 4 Quit from the partition and format menus partition quit format quit Making and Checking New Filesystems 1 To make and then check new filesystems for the changed partitions enter the following sequence of commands newfs dev rdsk cOtOdOsl fsck dev rdsk c0t2d0sl newfs dev rdsk c0t0d0s3 fsck dev rdsk c0t2d0s3 newfs dev rdsk c0t0d0s4 fsck dev rdsk c0t2d0s4 newfs dev rdsk c0t0d...

Page 211: ...technical assistance provides a problem solving checklist describes how to use the OpenBoot diagnostics software and how to solve some common software problems This chapter contains the following information Getting Further Help 16 2 Problem Solving Checklists 16 3 Using the OpenBoot Diagnostics 16 8 Software Problems 16 11 Resetting Your SPARCbook 16 14 ...

Page 212: ...ion is provided on our website at the following URL http www tadpole com When calling about a technical difficulty please be ready to provide the following information This will assist us in finding a solution to your problem as quickly as possible Machine model and serial number from the base of the unit Machine configuration what peripherals are connected For networking problems a brief descript...

Page 213: ...ttery is discharged Power your SPARCbook from the AC adapter will also recharge the battery The AC adapter is faulty Try another Tadpole AC adapter to verify this Contact Customer Support for assistance if the AC adapter appears to be faulty SPARCbook fails to boot operating system main display OK status display OK Removable hard disk drive is not Check that the removable hard disk drive is fitted...

Page 214: ...Cbook to use a name server on page 8 11 Save and Resume problems SPARCbook fails to Resume The removable hard disk drive Carry out a full system startup See Using Full System Startup on does not have usable Resume page 1 8 data in the save partition Removable hard disk drive is not Check that removable hard disk drive is fitted If not fitted SCSI ID conflict 1 Press Pause A to display OpenBoot pro...

Page 215: ... page 5 2 This means that there IS not Use standard Solaris shutdown and startup See Using Full System enough memory to Resume the Startup on page 1 8 operations Saved on the larger system The disk partitions have been Create a save partition on the hard disk if you wish to use Save and changed and there IS no save Resume See Why Repartition the SPARCbook s Hard Disk on partition page 15 8 Memory ...

Page 216: ...e ping command For example ping systemname If the communications path is operating a message will be returned systemname is alive If there is a hardware or a configuration problem there will be no response The command will time out after a while but you may terminate it with the Ctrl C interrupt command If ping fails there may be a basic hardware or software configuration problem and you should ch...

Page 217: ...ng Pause PageDown See Pan and Zoom on page 11 4 Wrong display timing parameters set Use NCE Display Panel to correctly configure the display interface See Configuring the Display Interface Using NCE on page 11 9 External keyboard or mouse Check that the external mouse or keyboard are compatible types and does not work are connected to the combined Keyboard and Mouse port using the correct Sun comp...

Page 218: ...interface Checking SCSI devices Display the OpenBoot user interface as follows 1 Power on your SPARCbook 2 When the OpenBoot start up screen is displayed press Pause A The OpenBoot ok prompt is displayed Tadpole S3 SPARCbook keyboard present ROM Rev 2 15 Vl 00 32 MB memory installed Serial 10683270 Ethernet address 0 0 83 a3 3 86 Host ID 80a30386 Initializing memory Type help for more information ...

Page 219: ... diag switch false Checking the network interface As a check to see whether your SPARCbook s Ethernet hardware and connection to the Ethernet media are functioning correctly enter the following command ok watch net Using AUI Ethernet Interface Lance register test succeeded Internal loopback test succeeded External loopback test succeeded Looking for Ethernet packets is a good packet X is a bad pac...

Page 220: ...he serial channel as the input and output devices and to inhibit auto booting setenv diag switch true setenv output device ttya setenv input device ttya setenv auto boot false The last command will prevent your SPARCbook from automatically booting the operating system when you power on the normal mode of operation You must reverse these commands as described below to re enable normal start up oper...

Page 221: ...is therefore a critical component in enabling the SPARCbook to operate correctly For example a minor error in a network configuration file can completely prevent the network interface from operating This section provides some information on common software problems and gives brief advice about possible remedies in each case By its very nature it cannot be complete and situations may arise where yo...

Page 222: ...f what it is doing If you do not own the process you will need to become superuser to carry out this step If there is a hardware or a software fault the operating system may panic This occurs when the operating system encounters a problem so serious it cannot continue to run the machine If the system does panic a message will be printed on the screen saying so together with as much information as ...

Page 223: ...the terminal interface See Memory Usage and Swap Space on page 13 8 Memory failure There has been a memory error hardware during program execution The Solaris operating system includes the trace utility that allows you to monitor the system calls made by a process This can be used by an experienced UNIX programmer to track down the cause of a problem In addition experienced UNIX programmers may be...

Page 224: ... to a networked server or you must remove them Resetting Your SPARCbook If the operating system has panicked or the keyboard appears to have locked up and all other remedies have failed you may have to reset the SPARCbook A reset should only be used as a last resort because the operating system will have open files and unflushed buffers which will have to be repaired when the system is rebooted To...

Page 225: ...Technical Specifications This appendix provides detailed technical specifications for the SPARCbook 3 GX and TX S3GX and S3TX and SPARCbook 3000 ST and XT models S3000ST and S3000XT ...

Page 226: ...y accessed Monitor ROM 512 Kbyte Sectored Flash Storage Hard Disk Drive 2 5 inch SCSI 2 5 inch IDE nt ndi u odu Internal Display Type TFT color Size 10 4 inch 12 1 inch Resolution 800 x 600 Colors up to 16 777 216 Internal Peripherals Keyboard Lexmark Model M6 84 key notebook keyboard Country specific keyboard layout according to order 1024 X 768 Pointing Device Pointing stick and 3 button mouse i...

Page 227: ...oard and mouse port 6 pin mini DIN connector Supports Sun Type 4 or Type 5 compatible keyboards and mouse Modem V32bis Send Receive Fax V42bis Not applicable to SPARCbook 3000 compression models ISDN Terminal eqiupment TE 2B D interface 8 pin RJ45 socket Audio 16 bit stereo CD quality Stereo headphone output Stereo line level outputs Stereo line level inputs Built in mono mic for speech quality au...

Page 228: ... x 51 mm Weight 7 0 lb 3 15 kg including battery Approvals FCC class B UL EN60950 CE Environmental Temperature Operational 5 35 C 41 95 F Stored 20 60 C 4 140 F Vibration Operational 3g Stored 5g Humidity Operational 8 80 RH A 4 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide PC ABS GE6200 Elastofoam Isocyanate 11 8 x 10 27 x 2 0 inches 300 x 261 x 51 mm 8 0 lb 3 62 kg including battery ...

Page 229: ... the connector pin assignments for the interfaces on the 1 0 panel The connectors detailed are as follows DC In B 2 Parallel Port Connector B 2 Ethernet B 3 Video B 3 SCSI B 4 Keyboard Mouse B 5 Serial Ports B 5 ISDN B 5 Modem SPARCbook 3 Models Only B 6 ...

Page 230: ... DATA 3 6 DATA 4 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6 9 DATA 7 10 ACK 11 BUSY 12 PE 13 SLCT a The upper connector of a double stacking pair B 2 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide Pin Signal 12V 2 ov Pin Signal 14 AUTOFEED 15 ERROR 16 INIT 17 SELECT_IN 18 Signal Ground 19 Signal Ground 20 Signal Ground 21 Signal Ground 22 Signal Ground 23 Signal Ground 24 Signal Ground 25 Signal Ground 26 Signal Ground ...

Page 231: ...gnal 5 1 1 RED j oooooy c o0o 0o 0o 0 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 15 11 4 D1SPLAYID 2 5 Signal Ground 6 Signal Ground 7 Signal Ground 8 Signal Ground Connector Reference Ethernet Pin Signal 14 TRANSMIT DATA 15 RECEIVE DATA 16 COLLISION 17 Signal Ground 18 Not connected 19 Not connected 20 Not connected 21 Not connected 22 Not connected 23 Signal Ground 24 Signal Ground 25 Not connected 26 Signal Ground Pin Sig...

Page 232: ...und Signal Ground Signal Ground Not Used Not Used Not Used Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Signal Ground Pin Signal 26 SCSI D 0 27 SCSI D 1 28 SCSI D 2 29 SCSI D 3 30 SCSI D 4 31 SCSI D 5 32 SCSI D 6 33 SCSI D 7 34 SCSI D PARITY 35 Signal Ground 36 Signal Ground 37 Not Used 38 SCSI TERMPWR 3...

Page 233: ...R 2 CTS 3 TRANSMIT DATA 4 Chassis Ground Pin Signal 1 Not Connected 2 Not Connected 3 TE OUT 4 TEIN Connector Reference Keyboard Mouse Pin Signal 5 Keyboard Tx 6 Keyboard Rx 7 Mouse Tx 8 5V Pin Signal 5 RECEIVE DATA 6 RTS 7 DCD 8 TX CLOCK Pin Signal 5 TEIN 6 TE OUT 7 Not Connected 8 Not Connected SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide B 5 ...

Page 234: ...Modem SPARCbook 3 Models Only Modem SPARCbook 3 Models Only Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Not Connected 4 TIP 123456 2 Not Connected 5 Not Connected 3 RING 6 Not Connected B 6 SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...

Page 235: ...on All Tadpole products are rigorously tested before dispatch to the customer However if your system develops a serious fault it may need to be returned to the factory for repair This appendix tells you what to do in this event ...

Page 236: ...act Details and Fault Details sections in the form opposite Remove the battery from the system and it along with a filled out copy of the form into its original packaging for transportation If the original packaging is no longer available we require that a strong carton be used with a minimum of 5 cm 2 of polystyrene or equivalent packing surrounding the system within the carton The system must no...

Page 237: ...sure that it is disabled before returning your system Please also ensure that any disk security is disabled Give clear details ofany additional software security you may have installed Do you require us to make a backup copy of your disk YIN Reseller if applicable ___________________________ Warranty Contract Number if applicable Fault details Please supply a detailed description ofthe problem inc...

Page 238: ...4 7 battery charger green LED 4 7 Index battery charging 4 2 battery charging external 4 10 battery life maximizing 4 4 battery low warning LED 3 3 4 3 Battery status 4 2 battery status 3 16 battery installing 1 3 boot disk model differences 6 5 partitions 6 5 15 8 boot disk command 5 4 boot disk configuring 6 8 boot disk partition sizes 6 5 boot failure 16 3 brightness adjusting 3 12 built in dis...

Page 239: ...1 5 connectors DC In 3 5 external battery 3 5 rear panel 3 7 contacting Customer Support 16 2 CPU specification A 2 create no resume command 5 4 creating a mount point 7 10 creating display types 11 14 creating filesystems 7 10 15 15 creating special files 7 6 floppy 7 13 D daisy chain 7 3 DC In active symbol 3 17 DC In connector 3 5 B 2 C 2 default router setting up 8 12 defining external display...

Page 240: ...sume 16 4 fax commands 9 21 FAXtool 9 22 FCC Class B Notice iii FCC Part 68 Modem Information iv file mounting automatic 8 16 file sharing disabling 8 15 file sharing enabling 8 14 filesystems backing up 14 4 checking 15 15 creating 15 15 creating and checking 7 10 exporting 8 14 mounting 7 10 8 15 network sharing 8 13 restoring 14 6 fitting new SIMMs 15 3 fitting SIMMs 15 6 floppy formatting 7 14...

Page 241: ...bol 3 17 latches 3 3 LEDs battery low 3 3 green 3 3 orange 3 3 Power ON 3 3 left function 3 11 Left function keys 3 12 legs 3 6 level 2 cache A 2 listing the disk partitions 15 12 loading PPP packages 9 6 low battery Save 5 5 M machine identification label 3 6 machine status 3 16 mail electronic 9 14 main memory upgrade 15 3 making filesystems 15 15 maximizing battery life 4 4 memory configuration...

Page 242: ...A adapters 10 2 memory cards 10 2 port 3 3 10 4 PCMCIA active symbol 3 17 PCMCIA cards installing 10 5 removing 10 6 PCMCIA Interface 10 1 pinouts connectors B 2 C 2 Pointing Stick 3 3 point to point protocol 9 5 power management 4 2 power off using shutdwon 5 6 Power ON button 3 3 LED 3 3 Powering off 1 7 powering off using save 5 3 powering on 1 6 PPP 8 19 9 5 PPP setting up 9 6 PPP testing a li...

Page 243: ...artitions sizes 6 6 save partition 6 5 15 8 save partition 5 2 SCSI 3 8 SCSI daisy chain 7 3 SCSI devices checking 16 8 connecting 7 3 special files 7 5 SCSI devices overview 7 2 SCSI ID 7 6 SCSI ID for the removable hard disk drive 6 7 SCSI ID floppy disk drive 7 12 SCSI IDs 7 4 SCSI port 3 8 SCSI termination floppy disk drive 7 13 SCSI terminator 6 11 SCSI terminators 7 4 security removable hard...

Page 244: ...ink 9 13 testing devices 16 11 testing Your network connection 8 12 thick wire Ethernet 8 3 thin wire Ethernet 8 3 Time zone 2 4 TTY ports 3 8 pinout B 5 twisted pair Ethernet 8 3 Typographical conventions xx u unit dimensions A 4 unmounting a remote directory 8 17 unmounting a remote filesystem 8 17 upgrade main memory 15 3 upgrading the hard disk drive 15 2 URL Tadpole Technology 16 2 user accou...

Page 245: ...onfiguration 2 2 X Xserver and display resolution 11 2 Xserver resolution 11 2 11 3 z Zoom to Fit 11 5 zoom to view 11 6 zooming 11 4 keyboard commands 3 12 Index viii SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide ...