If You Installed A Floppy Or Floptical Disk Drive; If You Installed A Tape Drive; If You Installed A Printer - Silicon Graphics IRIS Indigo Owner's Manual

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If You Installed a Floppy or Floptical Disk Drive

If you are using the floppy or floptical drive as an IRIX device, see "If You Installed a
Floppy or Floptical Disk Drive" on page 73 for instructions on formatting the floppy
disk.

If You Installed a Tape Drive

If this is the only tape drive installed on your system, the drive is ready to use. For each
additional tape drive you install, you must open the shell window and type the following
commands.
su
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV tape
If you installed a tape drive, the drive is ready to use. For information on backing up data
onto a tape, select "On-line Books" from the Help toolchest. Select the Personal System
Administration Guide, and search for "Backing Up and Restoring Files."

If You Installed a Printer

If you installed a printer, select "Printer Manager" from the System toolchest, and set up
the printer. For more information on setting up the printer, select "On-line Books" from
the Help toolchest. Select the Personal System Administration Guide, and search for
"Setting Up Network, Peripheral, and Printer Connections."