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

Question	Answer
When I have a floppy drive or USB key open	You cannot establish a connection until you close the
through Windows Explorer and I try to establish a	Windows Explorer that is accessing the floppy drive or
Virtual Media connection on Windows for the	USB key. DRAC 4 does not allow shared access for
same drives, I get a connection failure and I am	floppy drives and USB keys on Windows.
asked to retry. Why?
Do I need to install drivers on the server to make	No. Drivers are not required on either the managed
the Virtual Media feature work?	system or the management station. The operating
	system provides what is required for this feature.
	See "Operating System Requirements on the Managed
	System" for a list of supported operating systems.
When I performed a firmware update remotely	Firmware updates cause the DRAC 4 to reset, which
using the DRAC 4 user interface, I noticed that	causes the Virtual Drives to be unmounted. You can
the Virtual Drives on the managed system	restore the Virtual Drives on systems running
disappeared.	Windows by either restarting the system or by using
	the Windows device manager to scan for new
	hardware. You can restore the Virtual Drives on
	systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux by
	remounting the drives after the firmware update
	completes.
What will my Virtual Media feature look like	During system boot, the BIOS lists the virtual devices
before the system is booted?	that are available. You should see a message that lists 2
	devices as follows:
	Drive Number : 0 VIRTUALFLOPPY
	DRIVE Removable Media Drive
	Drive Number : 1 VIRTUALCDROM
	DRIVE
How do I set my virtual device to be bootable?	You must go into the BIOS setup at the managed
	system and then go to the boot menu. Once in the
	boot menu, you find a listing for the virtual CD drive
	and the virtual floppy drive. You can change the order
	of the virtual devices in the boot order. For example, to
	boot from a CD drive, you must put the CD drive first
	in the boot order.
What media can I boot from?	DRAC 4 allows you to boot from a bootable CDROM
	media, a bootable 1.44 floppy disk, a bootable
	1.44 floppy image, and a bootable USB key.

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