USB FDD Installation Guide Rev. B
Page 8
Feb. 2002
3) Connecting the USB FDD
The USB FDD is designed for Hot-Plug. You may plug in the USB FDD at any time.
4) Disconnecting the USB FDD
Before you unplug the USB FDD, be sure that any floppy diskettes have been ejected
as outlined in step 2) above.
Do not unplug the USB FDD during sleep mode. This may cause errors when
resuming your Macintosh.
If sleep mode does not seem to work correctly, try unplugging the USB FDD before
entering sleep mode.
2.3.
2.3.
2.3.
2.3. Restrictions
Restrictions
Restrictions
Restrictions
1) It takes about 30 seconds to mount DOS-formatted media. A Mac-formatted media
can be mounted in about 10 seconds.
2) Under Mac OS X, it is impossible to format (initialize) to Mac-standard 1.4 MB,
because the OS does not have the appropriate menu.
3) Mac-formatted media formatted on Mac OS 9.x and 8.x are readable and writable,
but desktop folders and other hidden files become visible. (This problem may be fixed
in Mac OS 10.1.1 and later.)
4) We recommend you format your floppy diskettes using Mac OS 9.x or 8.x.