Figure 6-11 Identifying The Cd-Rom Icon - Silicon Graphics OCTANE2 Owner's Manual

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To check the system configuration, follow these steps:
2. If your workstation is unplugged, plug in the power cable (B), then open the cover
on the front of your workstation.
3. Press the power button (C) to turn on your system.
4. Press the monitor power switch (D) to power on your monitor.
After a few moments, the system starts.
5. When you see the login screen, log in to your account. For more information on
logging in, go to "Logging In to the Octane2 Workstation" on page 21.
If the SCSI device is installed correctly, an icon representing the device appears on the
desktop. Figure 6-11 shows the icon for a CD-ROM drive.
Identifying the CD-ROM Icon
Figure 6-11
You can also use the System Manager to verify that the external device is installed
correctly.
1. Choose Toolchest > System > System Manager > Hardware and Devices >
Removable Media Manager.
A list of installed external devices appears.
2. Look for the device you installed under Shared Resources.
You can also display this information by opening an IRIX shell and typing
If the device you installed does not appear, follow these steps:
1. Power off your system.
2. Make sure you connected the correct SCSI cable to the device or between devices.
3. If you daisy-chained a mix of wide and narrow SCSI devices, make sure you
connected the wide devices (as a group) closest to your workstation (where the bus
is wide), and the narrow devices (as a group) at the end of the daisy chain.
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