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Conventions
Throughout the document(s) these conventions are followed
Notation | Description |
$ | The dollar sign in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for VMS. The dollar sign can also indicate non superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
# | The number sign represents the superuser prompt for UNIX / Linux. |
| > | The right angle bracket in interactive examples indicates an operating system prompt for Windows command (cmd.exe). |
| Bold monospace type in interactive examples indicates typed user input. |
| Bold monospace type enclosed by angle brackets indicates command parameters and parameter values. |
| Monospace type in interactive examples, indicates command response output. |
[ ] | In syntax definitions, brackets indicate items that are optional. |
... | In syntax definitions, a horizontal ellipsis indicates that the preceding item can be repeated one or more times. |
| Italic monospace type, in interactive examples, indicates typed context dependent user input. |
The following definitions apply
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Host | The system on which the emulator runs, also called the Charon server |
| Guest | The operating system running on a Charon instance, for example, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Solaris, MPE or HP-UX |
General Description
The "Host Device Check" utility is used to review system resources that can be mapped to CHARON.
To start the utility click on the following icon under the "Start" menu:
Reviewing available physical disks
By default the "Host Device Check" utility reports the available physical disks:
Please note that the "Unusable device" (marked with red) and "Device contains Windows system" must not be mapped to CHARON!
Reviewing all the available host resources
Open "All drives" in the "Device class" drop-down box:
The "Host Device Check" utility will display all the host resources:
It is also possible to choose all the other categories to narrow the possible mapping options list.
Note the "Use with CHARON" column contains the actual configuration options for each available device to be inserted, if needed, in the CHARON configuration file.
Collecting the configuration strings
To collect the actual configuration strings to be used in the CHARON configuration file select the target device and press the "Copy path to clipboard" button:
The selected configuration string will be copied to the clipboard and then can be pasted to the CHARON configuration file with "Ctrl-V" keys combination.
The buttons "Open" and "Save As..." helps to open up the displayed options in form of text file and save this text file under some given name.