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- 1. Introduction to XWPNFS32 Client for NFS Networks for Windows'95/98
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-
- The XWPNFS32 Client is a program running under the Windows'95/98 operating
- system in order to share access to files and directories with other PCs and
- UNIX users across the network.
-
- XWPNFS32 Client does not turn your PC into a fully qualified file server.
- Instead, it allows a simple access to files for a limited number
- of systems in the network.
-
- At present, XWPNFS32 Client supports the following protocols:
- - PORTMAP protocol version 2;
- - MOUNT protocol version 1;
- - NFS protocol version 2;
- - UDP protocol at the transport level is used.
-
-
- 2. Package
- ----------
-
- The XWPNFS32 Client package includes the following five files:
-
- - XWPNFS32.INF - information file used during the NFS client installation;
- - XWPNFS32.DLL - 32-bit Network Provider DLL;
- - XWPNFSPR.DLL - 16-bit Windows Installer DLL;
- - XWPNFSRD.VXD - Virtual Device Driver, converting requests from IFS into
- the NFS protocol's ones.
- - Readme - this file.
-
-
- 3. Hardware and Software Requirements
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-
- To install the XWPNFS32 Client software, you must have a PC with
- the Intel 386 processor or higher, and RAM of 16 Mb or more.
-
- The system software required includes the Windows'95/98 operating system,
- TCP/IP stack, and Transport Device Interface (Microsoft TCP/IP Vxd).
-
-
- 4. How to install and uninstall XWPNFS32 Client
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-
- To install XWPNFS32 Client:
-
- 1) copy the above files into a separate directory on your floppy or hard disk;
- 2) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
- then click on the "Add" button;
- 3) Select "Client" and press "Add";
- 4) from within the "Select Network Client" window, press the "Have disk"
- button;
- 5) in the "Install From Disk" window, specify the full path defined in 1)
- and press "OK";
- 6) from within the "Select Network Client" window, select "XWPNFS32 Client
- for NFS Networks" and press "OK" to start installing.
-
- The XWPNFS32 Client installation will result in including the "XWPNFS32
- Client for NFS Networks" into the list of network components installed.
- To finish installation, press "OK".
-
- After having copied all necessary files, you must restart your computer
- for the new settings to take effect.
-
-
- To uninstall XWPNFS32 Client:
-
- 1) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
- 2) select "XWPNFS32 Client for NFS Networks" from within the list of network
- components installed, click "Remove" and then "OK".
-
- After having removed the program, you must restart your computer.
-
-
- 5. XWPNFS32 Client Settings
- ----------------------
-
- To make XWPNFS32 Client settings:
-
- 1) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
- 2) select "XWPNFS32 Client for NFS Networks" from within the list of network
- components installed, and click "Properties";
-
- The XWPNFS32 Client Settings dialog box will appear with the following
- four tabs: "Authentication", "FileNames", "NetWorks", "Servers", "About".
-
- 5.1. "Authentication"
-
- This tab allows to specify UserID and GroupID for a user mounting to UNIX
- systems. If a user exists in several groups, they can be specified in
- the "Other GroupID" window with the space or comma symbols as separators.
-
- If the "Use Dialog box at start of Windows95..." check box is enabled,
- the dialog box will appear at start of Windows95 for you to set up UserID
- and GroupID for that Windows95 session.
-
-
- 5.2. "FileNames"
-
- This tab allows you to specify:
- - conversion rules from UNIX format file names to Windows95 format ones;
- - conversion rules from Windows95 format file names to UNIX format ones;
-
- If you choose the "Use suffix for..." mode, then the UNIX file names,
- which differ by cases only, will be concatenated with a two-character
- suffix. The second character will be changed by incrementing its code
- by 1. You can specify an initial value for the suffix in the
- "Suffix for..." window.
-
- For the file names beginning with a period, it is desirable to substitute
- the first period character in the file name with another character.
- You can specify that in the "Use this symbol..." window.
-
- New names of files and directories, created or renamed under Windows95,
- will be converted to upper/lower case or unchanged depending on which
- mode you choose: "Convert to uppercase", "Convert to lower case", or
- "Preserve the case of name symbols".
-
-
- 5.3. "NetWorks"
-
- This tab allows you to specify:
- - Broadcast TimeOut when watching network for those hosts that support
- NFS and MOUNT protocols;
- - TimeOut for a server reply when sending requests of MOUNT and NFS
- protocols;
- - Retry Count when sending requests to a server not replying during TimeOut
- specified.
-
-
- 5.4. "Servers"
-
- This tab allows you to:
- - enable/disable sending broadcast messages to locate NFS-Servers in LAN;
- - enable/disable sending messages by a list of hosts to locate NFS-Servers
- in LAN/WAN;
- - create/edit the list of hosts for the previous item;
- Note: if both settings ("Use Broadcast Requests" and "Use NFS Server List")
- are disabled then user will obtain the prompt message to input IP address
- of host to check the NFS-Server existing.
-
-
- 5.5. "About"
-
- This tab contains reference information about the XWPNFS32 Client release,
- protocols and versions supported.
-
-
- NOTE: For debug purpose, XWPNFS32 Client can have the "Trace" tab that allows
- you to specify a trace level ("No Tracing", "Minimal", "Middle",
- "Maximal") and a tracing file name to store trace information.
-
-
- 6. Known problems and unimplemented features
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-
- 6.1. The "int 21h function 44h" request execution is not implemented
- (FS_Ioctl16Drive request).
-
- 6.2. The NFS protocol version 3 is not supported.
-
- 6.3. The NFS protocol with TCP/IP as the transport level is not supported.
-
- 6.4. There may be wrong conversion of NFS error codes to those that
- the file system driver must return.
-
- 6.5. Separate pointers for Read and Write operations to locate positions
- in files are not implemented.
-
- 6.6. Mounting to large directories (with more than 4000 files on a tree)
- dramatically decreases performance.
-