Testing The Internal Drive; If You Installed A Cd-Rom Drive; Figure 4-7 The Toolchests - Silicon Graphics IRIS Indigo Owner's Manual

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Chapter 4: Installing Peripherals
Figure 4-7
The Toolchests
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7. Turn on the power.
Turn on the power switch on the back of the Indigo chassis.
When you see the login screen, you are ready to log in and turn on the software. Go on
to the next section.

Testing the Internal Drive

The system automatically sets up the system software for internal devices you install and
places an icon on the desktop.
Once you install the drive, follow these steps to check that the system recognizes the new
drive.
1. Log in to your account. For more information on logging in, refer to "Logging In to
the Workstation" on page 27.
2. If the device is installed correctly, you should see an icon for it on the desktop.
Double-click the icon to set up the drive.
3. You can also use the System Manager to check that the drive is shown correctly.
From the System toolchest, select "System Manager." The toolchests are shown
in Figure 4-7.
You see a window showing Hardware and Shared Resources.
.Pull down the Hardware menu and select "Disks." You see a list of installed
drives.
If the drive you installed does not appear, power down the system and
Note:
make sure the drive is installed all the way in the slot. Then restart the system
and check the System Manager listing again.

If You Installed a CD-ROM Drive

If other users are going to access your CD-ROM drive, refer to the online Personal System
Administration Guide for special instructions. Select "On-line Books" from the Help
Toolchest. Then select the Personal System Administration Guide, and search for "Setting
Up SCSI Peripherals."

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