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Floppy Disk Drive
A USB floppy disk drive is attached to the server. It allows you to read and write
(save) data using floppy disks. See Figure 1-11.
The USB floppy disk drive accepts the following types of floppy disks:
! 2HD floppy disk (1.44MB)
2DD floppy disk (720KB)
Figure 1-11. External Floppy Diskette Drive
Drive letter of floppy disk drive
The drive letter will change when the primary PCI module is switched to the standby
PCI module while the Windows 2000operating system is in operation. The drive letter
of the floppy disk will be determined as follows:
“A” will be assigned to the floppy disk drive for the PCI module that is operating as the
primary PCI module during Windows 2000 operating system boot-up. “B” will be
assigned to the floppy disk drive for the standby PCI module.
Only the floppy disk drive of the primary PCI module will be recognized by the
Windows 2000 operating system. The floppy disk drive of the secondary PCI module
will not be recognized. (Only one floppy disk drive is recognized at any given time.)
Ex) Primary PCI module connects the floppy disk drive to the group 1 for the first time,
initial floppy disk drive connection made when the primary PCI module is group 1.
Primary PCI module
PCI module (for group 1): A drive
PCI module (for group 2): B drive
IMPORTANT: In the event that the active PCI module switches to the standby PCI
module due to a failure while the system is in operation, the floppy disk drive letter
will change at the point PCI module switches to the standby module.