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Release 981117
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Changes.
1) The "PCNFSd"-authentication was added;
2) The generation method of the file's "short name"
was improved;
3) The "life time" of the cached parameters was implemented.
The refreshing algorithm of the file's/directory's attributes
and was implemented.
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Release 981023
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Changes. The followed bugs were fixed.
1) The "mount" uses now the more correct "reserved"
port number (512-1023). It is significant, for example,
for machines with AIX OS.
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Release 980930
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Changes. The followed bugs were fixed.
1) rename with different src/dst directories.
2) More careful processing of mount error answers.
3) "Suffixes" assigning mismatch.
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Release 14 Sep 1998
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1. Changes:
1.1) The "6.5" and "6.6" items are partually improved.
1.2) The "6.8" item is fully implemented.
1.3) The "6.11" item: the limitation was changed from 4000 to 8000.
1.4) A few cache-bugs were fixed.
2. How to upgrade the prev. version:
2.1) "Remove" the old version.
2.2) "Add" new version. Do not forget to press
the "Have Disk..." button !
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Release 31 Aug 1998
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1. Introduction to X-WinPro NFS Client for Windows95
----------------------------------------------------
The X-WinPro NFS Client is a program running under the Windows95 operating
system in order to share access to files and directories with other PCs and
UNIX users across the network.
NFS 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, NFS 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
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The NFS Client package includes the following five files:
- XWPNFS.INF - information file used during the NFS client installation;
- XWDNFS32.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
-------------------------------------
To install the NFS 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 Windows95 operating system,
TCP/IP stack, and Transport Device Interface (Microsoft TCP/IP Vxd).
4. How to install and uninstall NFS Client
------------------------------------------
To install NFS 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 "XWP Client
for NFS Networks" and press "OK" to start installing.
The NFS Client installation will result in including the "XWP 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 NFS Client:
1) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
2) select "XWP 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. NFS Client Settings
----------------------
To make NFS Client settings:
1) On the DESKTOP, choose "My Computer", "Control Panel", and "Network";
2) select "XWP Client for NFS Networks" from within the list of network
components installed, and click "Properties";
The NFS Client Settings dialog box will appear with the following four tabs:
"Authentication", "FileNames", "NetWorks", "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. "About"
This tab contains reference information about the NFS Client release,
protocols and versions supported.
NOTE: For debug purpose, NFS 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
--------------------------------------------
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. Your PC may not be multi-home (multiple IP addresses are not allowed).
6.7. Mounting to large directories (with more than 4000 files on a tree)
dramatically decreases performance.
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After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.