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

Question	Answer
Why does the Eject command fail to work?	The Eject command fails to work with Virtual CD
	devices if no Virtual Media client was connected at the
	time the Red Hat Enterprise Linux host was booted.
	To eject CD media from a Virtual CD device in this
	situation, ensure that the CD is not mounted, and
	then press the Eject button on the client CD drive.
I was using Internet Explorer and I did not install	To return to the dialog box for installing the Virtual
the Virtual Media plug-in when I was prompted to	Media plug-in, you can navigate away from the Media
do so. Now, I can’t use the Virtual Media feature.	page and then navigate back to it to be prompted for
	the plug-in installation again.
A user has established a Virtual Media	Use the racadm vmdisconnect command to
connection, but forgot about it. How can another	forcibly disconnect the virtual media connection
user remove this connection?
Why do error messages like the following display	The Red Hat Enterprise Linux IDE driver writes all
on the console when Red Hat Enterprise Linux	error responses that it receives to the console log for
boots a Dell server with a DRAC 4 present?	diagnostic purposes. However, in this case, the
... other console startup	messages are not indications of any real errors and
	should be ignored.
messages ...

Apr 16 14:48:27 localhost kernel: hde: VIRTUALFLOPPY DRIVE, ATAPI FLOPPY drive

Apr 16 14:48:27 localhost kernel: hdf: VIRTUALCDROM DRIVE, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive

Apr 16 14:48:27 localhost kernel: ide0 at 0x1f0- 0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14

Apr 16 14:48:27 localhost kernel: ide-floppy: hde: I/O error, pc = 23, key = 2, asc = 3a, ascq = 0

Apr 16 14:48:27 localhost kernel: ide-floppy: Can't get floppy parameters

... other console startup

messages ...

The reason these error responses are generated is because a Virtual Media client is not connected to the DRAC 4 management board while the system is being booted, but the Red Hat Enterprise Linux IDE driver is requesting information regarding the Virtual floppy media size. This information is not available until a Virtual Media client connects its floppy device to the DRAC 4.

The error response, in this case, (key=2, asc=3a) from the DRAC 4 hardware indicates "media not present."

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