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Provit 5000 User’s Manual
Controllers • Provit 5600 IPC Configuration Options
6.8 Operation of 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive
When using FDD's, please note that the drive on the external FDD is designated as
drive A - as only drive A is bootable.
However if only one floppy disk drive is available (installed in the IPC), then it is not possible to
boot from this one, because it is operating as drive B. Therefore a second, physically non-
existent drive must be registered in BIOS (see section "Standard CMOS Setup") so that "Swap
Floppy Drive" (see "BIOS Features Setup"), can be used to designate the internal drive as drive
A, allowing it to be used for booting.
Parallel Operation from Two 3.5" Floppy Disk Drives
As shown in the above table, it is possible to operate two floppy disk drives simultaneously with
the IPC5600/IPC5600C:
•
One drive in the controller
•
One drive on the interface for the external floppy disk drive
Normally drive designation A is assigned to the external floppy disk drive. In order to
boot the floppy disk drive in the controller (e.g. during service work), the parameter
"Swap Floppy Drive" must be switched to 'Enabled' (found under the menu item "BIOS
Features Setup" in BIOS).
Combinations
Location
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.01
In the IPC5600
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.03
External (e.g. in a display unit)
FDD / CD-ROM Unit 5A5600.02
FDD and CD-ROM in the IPC5600
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.03
FDD / CD-ROM Unit 5A5600.02
External (e.g. in a display unit)
In the IPC5600
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.01
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.03
In the IPC5600
External (e.g. in a display unit)
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.03
FDD / DVD Unit 5A5600.05
External (e.g. in a display unit)
In the IPC5600/5600C
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.03
ZIP 250 / CD-ROM Unit 5A5600.06
External (e.g. in a display unit)
In the IPC5600/5600C
Floppy Disk Drive 5A5600.03
FDD / CD-RW Unit 5A5600.07
External (e.g. in a display unit)
In the IPC5600/5600C
Table 41: Operation of floppy disk drive