ARL Division of Biotechnology Computing Facility

All holders of 'Data Analysis & Processing Lab' accounts are given a 'Home' folder to use for storage and file transfers. Please limit yourself to ~100MB. This is a service we offer to help reduce data loss, however, we cannot be responsible for your data. In addition to providing one more place to store copies of important data, the BCF Home folder also allows for simple transfer of files across platforms.

Mac users in Keating can mount the Home folder via the Chooser (AppleShare).
PC users anywhere on campus can map the Home folder as a network drive via Windows Explorer.

This means that a Mac or PC user can place a document in their Home folder from their desktop and retrieve it from the workstations in the Data Analysis Lab for processing or printing.

No Zip or floppy disks required!

PC Users

When using the Data Analysis Lab, the Home folder is automatically mounted for you as drive U:

Windows9X users must be logged onto their machine with their ARL username (i.e. the same logon that they use in the BCF Lab to access the NT Workstations.)

To mount the Home folder on your local PC:

Right-Click on the 'Network Neighborhood' icon on your desktop.
Select 'Map Network Drive...'
Specify a preferred drive letter in the 'Drive:' box, or keep default.
Type the following into the 'Path:' box:
\\Humpty\ARLUSERNAME
NT users will have an additional 'Connect As:' box where they can specify their ARL username.
7Click on 'OK'.
You will be prompted for your ARL password.
If a 'Network path was not found' error appears, change the Path to:
\\humpty.arl.arizona.edu\ARLUSERNAME
Or:
\\128.196.124.125\ARLUSERNAME

Mac Users

Open a finder window
Click the Menu 'Go' then 'Connect to Server'
Servername is smb://humpty.arl.arizona.edu/ARLUSERNAME
It will prompt you for username and password and domain.
The Domain is ARL then enter your ARL username and password
Click on 'OK'.