Floppy Disk Drive - NEC Express5800/120Rd-2 Service Manual

1-40 System Overview

Floppy Disk Drive

The server is includes a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive.
The server supports the following 3.5-inch floppy disks:
2HD floppy disk (double-sided high-density track type)
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Stores data of 1.44MB.
2DD floppy disk (double-sided double-density track type)
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Store data of 720KB.
Make sure that the server is powered on (the POWER lamp is lit) before inserting a floppy disk
into the floppy disk drive.
When you insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive, the drive clicks and the eject button
on the floppy disk is slightly pushed out.
NOTES:
When an unformatted floppy disk is inserted into the floppy disk
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drive, a message prompting formatting is displayed.
If the floppy disk contains system startup files, powering on or
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restarting the server with the floppy disk inserted boots the system
from the floppy disk.
To eject the floppy disk from the floppy disk drive, press the eject button on the floppy disk
drive.
Make sure that the floppy disk access lamp is unlit before
NOTE:
ejecting the floppy disk. Ejecting the disk when the access lamp is lit
may destroy the disk data.