Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive

Operating the Floppy Drive

Using Device Files

Device files are special files that tell your system which system hardware pathway to use when communicating with a specific device and what kind of device it is.

To determine what device files are available for use with your floppy drive, use the following procedure:

1In a terminal window, enter the following command:

sam RETURN

2The System Administration Manager window opens. Double-click on

Disks and File Systems->.

3The Disks and File Systems window opens.

4In the list of drives, click on the floppy drive listing to select it.

5From the Actions menu, click on View More Information

A window opens with a list of information for the floppy drive, including the device files.

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HP B160L, B132L, B180L manual Disks and File Systems Disks and File Systems window opens