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Operating the floppy drive – Datacom Systems J Class User Manual

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This section describes how to perform tasks with your 3.5-inch floppy
disk drive.

Verifying the Floppy Drive Configuration

To verify that your workstation can communicate with the floppy
drive, use the ioscan command in a terminal window to see which
devices are currently in use on your system:

1.

Click on the Terminal Control on the Front Panel of your
Workspace.

Terminal Control

A terminal window opens.

2.

Move the mouse cursor into the terminal window and click the
left mouse button.

3.

If you are using HP-UX 9.05, enter the following at the prompt:

/etc/ioscan –d scsi

Enter

Operating the
Floppy Drive

The ioscan utility verifies
the configuration of all
drives.