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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / July 2004VPC 5 doesn't see modem or floppy
Just acquired VPC5 and it does not see the modem or floppy. I'm runing a G3 and made a clean reinstall of MacOS 10.2. Windows 98SE seems to run okay with the one application I've installed and my Mac opens my modem fine. I've tried Windows Help and support.microsoft.com. Both have answers but I can't figure out how to implement them. Any help out there? Blair Favrot > Just acquired VPC5 and it does not see the modem or floppy. I'm runing a G3 > and made a clean reinstall of MacOS 10.2. Windows 98SE seems to run okay [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Blair Favrot There are settings to do in the Virtual PC menus (edit) enable booting from a floppy disk if necessary. I have a boot floppy for my Windows. But normally, if you turn on your floppy disk on the mac side, it will be available on Windows. Just click on my computer, and you get it. Use floppy for PC of course. To eject the floppy, in the drives menus, just click on eject floppy. Don't use floppy image. You don't have to install any modem for internet on Windows. The Mac modem is enough and VPC deals with this subject. There are always settings to do : enable or disable networking. But you will have an help with VPC 5. Just read it. You have always to restart the PC when changing the PC settings, or installing a software, a device, or updating Windows...In order to have these new settings for the PC. Thanks for your input. I'm running MACOS X so I can not "turn on" my floppy from my mac side. If VPC 5 deals with running my modem I haven't figured out how. The modem will connect on the Mac side but can not be found on the windows side. I'm sure the problem invovles settings but the Mac and windows help both in the computer and on the internet make no sense to me.. I've deleted and reinstalled floppy and modem drivers in windows to no avail. I don't understand "enable or disable networking" Blair Favrot . Furhter in article 785efe42.0407160456.51a0a475@posting.google.com, Jean-Miche at jean-michel.albert@wanadoo.fr wrote on 7/16/04 7:56 AM: >> Just acquired VPC5 and it does not see the modem or floppy. I'm runing a G3 >> and made a clean reinstall of MacOS 10.2. Windows 98SE seems to run okay [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > installing a software, a device, or updating Windows...In order to > have these new settings for the PC. > Thanks for your input. I'm running MACOS X so I can not "turn on" my floppy > from my mac side. If VPC 5 deals with running my modem I haven't figured out [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Blair Favrot There is no need to install modem or floppy in windows. For the floppy, on the Mac side on OS X, plug in USB cable with the floppy into primary USB port or even a hub. Launch VPC. You're on the Windows desktop now. Follow this: You are now in Windows side. Please wait Windows finishes to work. Insert a floppy (for Mac) in the drive. Go to my computer. Right click on floppy disk. To format. Format your Mac Floppy in a PC floppy. And when done, use the floppy to save what you want. To insert out the floppy, go the menu of VPC drives, and eject the floppy. It works very well. Use it as a real floppy as you use it in your Mac. That's all. Don't use virtual image. Let your Mac modem on. For Internet, you have to go in the Windows side. In the VPC menus, go to Edit and then click on Windows settings. In the settings, go to Networking. Click on networking. On the right side, click on enable networking and also on Shared networking. At the bottom, click on OK. And restart the PC, in the VPC menus control, restart. And now, you could open IE and go on internet. Your modem will not appear on the Windows side because it's managed by VPC on the Mac side. Have you the getting started guide for Virtual PC for Mac. If not, I can copy my version and send you the document. You need this document. Help for Windows is one thing, and help for VPC another. Do you know this document for XP: For optimizing XP, this is the link (message 16 in thread): http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=9904f5f72bbaf73e I'm using a G3 with an iternal floppy drive. I presume you are refering to a external floppy. I have the following three documents: vpc5m_manual vpc5m_FAQ_dec01 vpc5m_technical_update but none of them seems to directly address my problem. I do not have the getting started guide for Virtual PC for Mac you mentioned and if you have a copy available maybe I"ll glean something from it. Thanks at the moment I can not access windows 98 SE but later today when it is running I'll recheck my network settings in an endeaver to find the modem. >> Thanks for your input. I'm running MACOS X so I can not "turn on" my floppy >> from my mac side. If VPC 5 deals with running my modem I haven't figured out [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > For optimizing XP, this is the link (message 16 in thread): > http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=9904f5f72bbaf73e I've set the VPC Windows setting COM1 port to "modem" With your help I was not only able to log on to a browser in Windows but also to connect to the modem to move data in another application (that is only available for Windows) and needs to dial up directly to another computer. So it would appear one of my problems is solved. Conversely in reviewing the vpc5 manual it still doesn't seem to solve my floppy problem. When I open VPC and have the memu items displayed; file, edit, drives, window, script, etc, my drives window is dimmed so still can't figure out how to see my floppy. Again, I'm trying to use the G3 internal floppy Blair Favrot > I'm using a G3 with an iternal floppy drive. I presume you are refering to a > external floppy. [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >> For optimizing XP, this is the link (message 16 in thread): >> http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&th=9904f5f72bbaf73e >I've set the VPC Windows setting COM1 port to "modem" > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >figure out how to see my floppy. Again, I'm trying to use the G3 internal >floppy Do you have a floppy disk in the drive? The drive will be dimmed out, if there's no floppy in the mac's drive. Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows Website: http://www.essjae.com *** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** Not sure how, but after several days of fiddling around I can now access the 'DRIVE' menu upon opening VPC5. Unfortuneately I still can't figure out how to see my floppy drive on my G3. Is it because I'm running OSX which doesn't utilize the floppy and if so what to do?. in article 9o2rf057lrur57v8241bus2udf3f39kl2h@4ax.com, Steve Jain at essjae-No@Spam-hotmail.com wrote on 7/20/04 4:14 PM: >> I've set the VPC Windows setting COM1 port to "modem" >> >> With your help I was not only able to log on to a browser in Windows but >> also to connect to the modem to move data in another application (that is only available for Windows) and needs to dial up directly to another computer. So it would appear one of my problems is solved. >> Conversely in reviewing the vpc5 manual it still doesn't seem to solve my >> floppy problem. When I open VPC and have the memu items displayed; file, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Website: http://www.essjae.com > *** All posts are provided AS-IS, no warranty, no QoS *** > at the moment I can not access windows 98 SE but later today when it is > running I'll recheck my network settings in an endeaver to find the modem. I get an Ethernet cable modem on the Mac side. It doesn't appear at all on mac side and on windows side as well. My father with an ADSL modem, his modem appears on the mac side. But with the settings I give you, normally no modem will be appear in Windows because VPC is sharing the Mac IP adress ie the modem on the mac runs in windows also. There is no modem to find on Windows at all. |
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