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Frequently Asked Questions

Table 7-1 lists frequently asked questions and answers.

Table 7-1. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions

Question	Answer
When I boot my system, the following messages	• The Dell™ Virtual Media devices may have been
appear during POST:	disabled. To verify the device configurations, type the
Drive Number: 0 failed to	following command:
	• racadm getconfig -g
detect Virtual device
Drive Number: 1 failed to	cfgRacVirtual
	• Ensure that the cfgVirMediaDisable object
detect Virtual device
	is set to 0 (Enabled).
	• You can enable the Virtual Media feature by
	changing the cfgVirMediaDisable object.
	Use the racadm config command to reset the
	object and then restart your system.
The virtual media device appears as drive letter C. By default, the Dell Virtual Media Floppy device
This issue affects my scripts. How can I modify	appears as a disk-drive device to the Windows
the drive letter?	operating system. This type of device is enumerated
	by Windows as drive letter C or higher. The Dell
	Virtual Media Floppy device can be configured to
	appear as a super-floppy drive using the racadm

command. After you configure the virtual media device, the operating system assigns drive letter A or B to the virtual floppy device when the system is installed or when the drives are first discovered.

To configure your Dell Virtual Media Floppy device as a super-floppy device:

1 Type the following command:

racadm config -g cfgRacVirtual -o cfgFloppyEmulation 1

2 Restart your system.

I modified the virtual floppy device to emulate a super-floppy device and restarted my system. After restart, the drive letter(s) did not change.

Sometimes when I try to access virtual floppy media, the Windows File Explorer displays a "Not Responding" message in the title bar, but the floppy access light indicates that the floppy is still being accessed. Why does this happen?

The Dell Virtual Media drive letter enumeration is assigned when the operating system is first installed or if the DRAC 4 IDE controller is deleted and rescanned by the Microsoft Windows Device Manager.

The access to a 1.44 floppy is slow, especially over a network. As a result, you must wait long enough for Windows to read the floppy. The Windows File Explorer may display a "Not Responding" message in the title bar while it continues to read the floppy. Note that USB keys are faster to access.

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