Operation
Working with floppy disks
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Working with floppy disks
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Follow the instructions supplied by the vendor of the floppy disks.
Never clean the floppy disk drives with cleaning disks. Any attempt would destroy the
read/write head in the disk drive within 20 seconds.
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2
1
5
6
4
7
1 =
Insertion direction
2 =
Label area
3 =
Write protection switch for a 720 KB or a 1.44 MB floppy disk
4 =
Identification of a 1.44 MB floppy disk or write protect switch on a 120 MB floppy disk
5 =
Eject button for inserted floppy disks
6 =
Disk is write-protected
7 =
Disk is not write-protected
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To insert a floppy disk, push it into the drive in the insertion direction until it engages. The label
should be facing upward.
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To remove the floppy disk, press the eject button (5).
The write-protect switch enables you to protect the data on the floppy disk from inadvertent
overwriting or deletion.
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To protect the data on the floppy disk from being overwritten, push the write-protect switch to
position (6). The hole is now visible.
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To remove write protection, push the switch to position (7). The hole is now covered.
Settings in BIOS Setup
The
BIOS Setup
menu allows you to set your hardware configuration and system functions. When the
server is delivered, the default entries are valid (see Technical Manual for the system board or the
manual "BIOS Setup"). You may customise these settings to your requirements in the
BIOS Setup
.
The Technical Manual for the system board shows you how to call and operate
BIOS Setup
. The
menus and setting options provided by the
BIOS Setup
are also described in detail.
