IBM B50 manual Using the 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive, Diskette Compatibility

Using the 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive

The following section provides information on 3.5-inch diskette drive.

Diskette Compatibility

The server has a 1.44MB diskette drive installed.

The 1.44MB diskette drive can format, read, and write diskettes compatible with following diskette drives:

Ÿ 1.0MB diskettes with 720KB formatted data capacity

Ÿ2.0MB diskettes with 1.44MB formatted data capacity (HD). Format the diskette according to its specified capacity.

Write-Protecting 3.5-Inch Diskettes

Write-protecting diskettes is necessary so that important information is not

accidentally lost. When diskettes are	write-protected, you can read information fr
the diskettes, but you cannot write	information on them.

There is a write-protect tab on the 3.5-inch diskette.

To locate the write-protect tab, turn the diskette over with the label facing d

Ÿ To prevent writing onto a diskette, slide the write-protect tab to open the p slot.

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