Internal Storage Devices
9.3 Making Sure Your Workstation Recognizes the Floppy Disk Drive
The characters
(FDI:1)
tell you that the workstation recognizes the floppy disk
drive. If you see
(FDI:0)
instead, or if the message
device off-line
appears
on your screen, you either have no floppy drive installed in your system unit, or
else the drive is not installed properly and the workstation does not recognize
it. You’ll need to open the system unit and check the drive’s installation.
9.4 Removing a Floppy Disk Drive
1. If the workstation software is running, shut it down: Type
shutdown -h
now
and press Return.
2. Turn off the workstation by pressing the 0 on the on/off switch on the back
of the system unit.
3. Open the system unit. (See ‘‘Section 1.1.3.1’’ on page 1-6.)
4. Stand facing the front of the system unit. The floppy disk drive is in the
right front corner.
5. Disconnect the FDI cable from the drive and from the connector on the
base system module.
6. Disconnect the drive power cable from the drive. Disconnect the power
cable from the drive power connector on the base system module, unless
the cable is also providing power to an internal hard drive.
7. On the right side of the disk assembly, you’ll see a sliding latch. Slide the
latch backward to unlock it.
8. Raise the right side of the floppy disk assembly off the small post that
holds it.
9. Keep lifting the disk assembly until you can slide the tabs on its left side
out of the slots in the base of the system unit.
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