Sony MO DISK DRIVE SMO-F551 User manual

SMO-F551 / RMO-S551
Magneto-Optical
Disk Drive
Installation Guide 1.8

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Installation Procedure on DOS and Windows3.1 ..................................................................3
Installation Procedure on Windows95/98..............................................................................5
Installation Procedure on Windows NT.................................................................................7
Installation Procedure on Windows2000/XP......................................................................9
Installation Procedure on SUN System Ⅰ.........................................................................11
Installation Procedure on SUN System Ⅱ........................................................................13
1) Setting the MO drive.................................................................................................13
Rear Panel...................................................................................................................13
Functional Switch Connector Pin Assignments............................................................14
SCSI ID Setting ...........................................................................................................14
2) Automatically Configure the MO Drive....................................................................14
2) Automatically Configure the MO Drive....................................................................15
3) Format and allocate slices on the media................................................................16
1.Stop Volume Management ＊1 (two methods A and B are available) .....................16
2. Format the Media ....................................................................................................16
3. Create the appropriate disk slices. ..........................................................................17
4. Label the media and exit the format menu...............................................................18
4) Create a File System.................................................................................................19
5) Mount a File System .................................................................................................20
Installation Procedure on Silicon Graphics Systems...........................................................23
Installation Procedure on HP Systems................................................................................27
Installation Procedure on SCO Systems.............................................................................30
Appendix:............................................................................................................................31
Printing History
July 24, 1998 Version 1.1
March 1, 1999 Version 1.2
November 1, 1999 Version 1.3
December15, 2000 Version 1.4
November 28, 2001 Version 1.5
October 3, 2002 Version 1.6
April 18, 2003 Version 1.7
April 23, 2003 Version 1.8
Note:
SMO-F551 / RMO-S551 support many kind of MO media, but some operating system
cannot support all kind of media. (See appendix; 1-3) Please select proper sector size of
the media for each operating system.

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Installation Procedure on DOS and Windows3.1
Requirements:
1. SCSI host adapter
SCSI host adapter controls the command and data transfer between MO drive and host
computer. (Ex. AHA-2940, AHA-3940 of Adaptec)
2. Device driver
Device driver controls MO drive. Device driver is almost supplied with SCSI host adapter.
If you use RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” bundled with
RMO-S551.
3. SCSI cable
SCSI cable is used for connecting host adapter and MO drive. Please select proper SCSI
cable.
4. Format utility software
Format utility software enables format and partition on the media. Format utility is often
supplied with SCSI host adapter (e.g. ASPI manager and ASPI driver for AHA-29xx are
provided from Adaptec). If you use RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Disk Drive
Tune UP TM”.
Installation:
1) Connection
- Set the SCSI host adapter into the host computer.
- Attach the MO drive to the SCSI host adapter using proper SCSI cable.
- Set proper SCSI ID and termination on the MO drive.
2) Install the device driver
- Turn on the MO drive and host computer.
- Install the device driver on DOS level or on Windows3.1 and reboot host computer.
3) Format the media and partition
- Format and partition on the media using a format utility tool, such as “Desk Drive Tune
Up TM”.

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Note:
- “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” supports all kind of MO media (4.1GB, 4.8GB, 5.2GB), but
some device driver does not support 4.8GB or 5.2GB media. Please confirm the proper
media before using the device driver. If you have any questions, please contact your
dealer of the device driver.
- DOS and Windows3.1 do not support WORM media.
- Before rebooting a host PC, please don’t replace other media of a different sector size.

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Installation Procedure on Windows95/98
Requirement:
1. SCSI host adapter
SCSI host adapter controls the command and data transfer between MO drive and host
computer. (Ex. AHA-2940, AHA-3940 of Adaptec) Windows95/98 supports most of SCSI
host adapters.
2. Device driver
Device driver controls MO drive. Windows95/98 encloses the device driver on installation
CD-ROM or floppy disk. If you use RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Desk Drive
Tune Up TM” bundled with RMO-S551.
3. SCSI cable
SCSI cable is used for connecting host adapter and MO drive. Please select proper SCSI
cable.
4. Format utility software
Format utility software enables format and partition on the media. Format utility is often
supplied with SCSI host adapter (e.g. ASPI manager and ASPI driver for AHA-29xx are
provided from Adaptec). If you use RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Disk Drive
Tune UP TM”.
Installation:
1) Connection
- Set the SCSI host adapter into the host computer.
- Attach the MO drive using proper SCSI cable.
- Set proper SCSI ID and termination on the MO drive.
2) Windows Native support
2)-1 Preparation
- Turn on the drive and insert the media.
- Turn on the power of the host system and boot Windows95/98.
2)-2 To detect the connected hardware
- Click the Start button, point to Setting, a system and boot Windows95/98.
- Click Add New Hardware icon.
- Follow the instructions on display
2)-3 Format and Label the media
- Double-click My Computer icon to view various drive icons.
- Highlight the Removable drive icon
- Point on File, and click Format option to initialize and label media.

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3) Install the device driver
3)-1 Preparation
- Turn on the MO drive and host computer.
- Install the device driver on Windows95/98 and reboot the host computer. (Please refer
to the user’s guide of the Device Driver)
3)-2 Format the media and partition
- Format and make partition on the media by using format utility software, such as “Desk
Drive Tune Up TM”.
Note:
- “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” supports all kind of MO media (4.1GB, 4.8GB, 5.2GB), but
some others format utility software do not support 4.8GB or 5.2GB media. Please
confirm the proper media before using the device driver. If you have any question, please
contact your dealer of the device driver.
- Windows95/98 does not support WORM media.
- Before rebooting a host PC, please don’t replace other media of a different sector size.

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Installation Procedure on Windows NT
Requirement:
1. SCSI host adapter
SCSI host adapter controls the command and data transfer between MO drive and host
computer. (Ex. AHA-2940, AHA-3940)
2. Device driver
Device driver controls MO drive. Windows NT includes a Device Driver. If you use
RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” is supplied with
RMO-S551.
3. SCSI cable
SCSI cable is used for connecting host adapter and MO drive. Please select proper SCSI
cable.
4. Format Utility software
Format utility software enables format and partition on the media. Format utility is often
supplied with SCSI host adapter (e.g. ASPI manager and ASPI driver for AHA-29xx are
provided from Adaptec). If you use RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Disk Drive
Tune UP TM”.
Installation:
1) Connection
- Set the SCSI host adapter into the host computer.
- Attach the MO drive using proper SCSI cable.
- Set proper SCSI ID and termination on the MO drive.
2) Windows Native support
2)-1 Preparation
- Turn on the drive and insert the media.
- Turn on the power of the host system and boot Windows NT.
- Let it Auto configure the hardware.
2)-2 Format the media and partition
a) Click the Start button and point to Program “Administrative Tools”.
Click on Disk Administrator
- Verify to write signature to the media.
- Highlight the drive icon to be partitioned.
(Only one partition is available with removal media)
- Click on File, then Create Partition
- Choose partition parameters and click OK.
- Close Disk Administrator.... save changes when asked.

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b) Click on Disk Administrator again
- Highlight the partitioned drive icon.
- Click on Tools, and then Format.
Choose format type and volume label name.
- Format the media.
- Close Disk Administrator.
3) Install the device driver
3)-1 Preparation
- Login Windows NT
- Install the device driver on Windows NT and reboot the host computer. (Please refer to
the user’s guide of the Device Driver)
3)-2 Format the media and partition
- Format and Label the media using format utility software, such as “Desk Drive Tune Up
TM”.
Note:
- There are two format types that Disk Administrator supports.
1) FAT: allows media to be removed easily.
2) NTFS: ‘locks’ the media into the drive.
- “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” supports only FAT16 file system and UDF file system. If you
want to use NTFS file system, please use disk administrator after login as administrator.
“Desk Drive Tune Up TM” supports all kind of MO media (4.1GB, 4.8GB, 5.2GB), but some
others format utility software do not support Please confirm the proper media before
using the device driver. If you have any question, please contact your dealer of the
device driver.
- Windows NT does not support WORM media.
- Before rebooting a host PC, please don’t replace other media of a different sector size.

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Installation Procedure on Windows2000/XP
Requirement:
1. SCSI host adapter
SCSI host adapter controls the command and data transfer between MO drive and host
computer. (Ex. AHA-2940, AHA-3940)
2. Device driver
Device driver controls MO drive. Windows2000/XP includes the Device Driver as a
default setting. If you use RMO-S561, we recommend using the “Disk Drive Tune UP TM”,
bundled with RMO-S561.
3. SCSI cable
SCSI cable is used for connecting host adapter and MO drive. Please select proper SCSI
cable.
4. Format Utility software
Format utility software enables format and partition on the media. Format utility is often
supplied with SCSI host adapter (e.g. ASPI manager and ASPI driver for AHA-29xx are
provided from Adaptec). If you use RMO-S551, we recommend using the “Disk Drive
Tune UP TM”.
Installation:
1) Connection
- Set the SCSI host adapter into the host computer.
- Attach the MO drive using proper SCSI cable.
- Set proper SCSI ID and termination on the MO drive.
2) Windows Native support
2)-1 Preparation
- Turn on the drive and insert the media.
- Turn on the power of the host system and boot Windows2000/XP.
- Let it Auto configure the hardware.
2)-2 Format the media
Right-click the My computer icon on the Windows desktop, and crick “Manage”.
Click the Disk management.
- Right-click Removable drive icon, and click Format
Choose format type and make volume label name.
- Format the media.
-Close Disk management.

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2)-3 Create partition on the media
Windows2000/XP does not create partitions on removable media devices. If you want to
create partitions, we recommend using the “Disk Drive Tune UP TM”.
3) Install the device driver
3)-1 Preparation
- Login Windows2000/XP as administrator.
- Install the device driver on Windows2000/XP and reboot the host computer. (Please
refer to the user’s guide of the Device Driver)
3)-2 Format the media and partition
- Format and make partition on the media by using format utility software, such as “Desk
Drive Tune Up TM”.
Note:
- There are two format types that Disk Administrator of Windows2000/XP supports.
1) FAT16/32: allows media to be removed easily.
2) NTFS: ‘locks’ the media into the drive.
- “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” supports only FAT16 / 32 file system and UDF file system. If
you want to use NTFS file system, please use disk administrator after login as
administrator. “Desk Drive Tune Up TM” supports all kind of MO media (4.1GB, 4.8GB,
5.2GB), but some others format utility software do not support Please confirm the
proper media before using the device driver. If you have any question, please contact
your dealer of the device driver.
- Windows2000/XP does not support WORM media.
- Before rebooting a host PC, please don’t replace other media of a different sector size.