Chapter 5: SCO Merge resource administration

Table of contents

• Resources available automatically
  • Displays and display adapters
  • SCO Merge and display modes
    • Using extended video modes
    • Using serial terminals
  • Diskette drives
  • The mouse
• Device definition
  • Device definition in the Desktop environment
    • Device definition categories
    • Common device definition controls
      • Token name
      • Button controls
      • Left panel controls
  • Non-Desktop device definition
• Physical and virtual DOS drives
  • Creating and formatting physical DOS drives
  • Virtual DOS drives
    • Creating virtual DOS drives
  • Default protection of DOS drives
  • Changing the protection of DOS drives
• Serial Port Administration
  • New COM port device definition
• Printer administration
  • Configuring the default printer
  • Changing the default printer
  • Configuring multiple printers
  • Configuring printers for direct attachment
    • Disabling UNIX printing
• Custom device administration
  • Limitations of direct attachment
  • The game port
  • Defining a direct attach custom device
• Making new DOS images
  • Making config.sys changes
    • Changing special config.sys commands
    • Adding device drivers to DOS images
  • Using on-card VGA ROMs
  • Steps to making DOS images