IBM RS/6000 7025 manual Using the 3.5-Inch Diskette Drive Diskette Compatibility

Using the 3.5–Inch Diskette Drive

Diskette Compatibility

The system unit has a 1.44MB diskette drive installed vertically in the front.

The 1.44MB diskette drive can format,			read,	and write diskettes compatible with the
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 from the diskettes, but
you	cannot write information on to 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	down.
Ÿ To prevent writing onto a	diskette, slide the write–protect	tab,	to open the	protec
slot.

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