Users Guide

156 Configuring and Using Virtual Media
I modified the virtual floppy
device to emulate a super-floppy
device and restarted my system.
After restart, the drive letter(s)
did not change.
The Dell Virtual Media drive letter enumeration is
assigned when the operating system is first
installed or if the DRAC 4 IDE controller is
deleted and rescanned by the Microsoft Windows
Device Manager.
Sometimes when I try to access
virtual floppy media, the
Windows File Explorer displays a
"Not Responding" message in the
title bar, but the floppy access
light indicates that the floppy is
still being accessed. Why does
this happen?
The access to a 1.44 floppy is slow, especially over a
network. As a result, you must wait long enough
for Windows to read the floppy. The Windows File
Explorer may display a "Not Responding" message
in the title bar while it continues to read the
floppy. Note that USB keys are faster to access.
Why does the Eject command
fail to work?
The Eject command fails to work with Virtual CD
devices if no Virtual Media client was connected
at the time the Red Hat Enterprise Linux host was
booted.
To eject CD media from a Virtual CD device in
this situation, ensure that the CD is not mounted,
and then press the Eject button on the client CD
drive.
I was using Internet Explorer and
I did not install the Virtual
Media plug-in when I was
prompted to do so. Now, I can’t
use the Virtual Media feature.
To return to the dialog box for installing the
Virtual Media plug-in, you can navigate away from
the Media page and then navigate back to it to be
prompted for the plug-in installation again.
A user has established a Virtual
Media connection, but forgot
about it. How can another user
remove this connection?
Use the racadm vmdisconnect command to
forcibly disconnect the virtual media connection
Table 7-2. Using Virtual Media: Frequently Asked Questions (continued)
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