[SPARCbook] Flopy/Removable Storage

[John Altstatt]

Oscar.G.Farah at ccmail.census.gov wrote:
> 
> I plugged in a SCSI HP Floppy 3 1/2" in the SCSI port of a 3XP.
> 
> -  When I ran 'probe-scsi', I was informed that the Floppy is a removable
> storage device
> -  When I entered 'test floppy', the response was, cannot find device.
> -  I also tried 'test removable storage' and the machine could not find that
> device either.
> 
> Is there anything I must do to make a floppy be recognized as a  "floppy"?  I am
> new at this and any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks
> 
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do you have device alias called "floppy" ? There is means of creating aliases,
but I don't have it in front of me.

-John