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at the drive, it will notice the changes. You can read files from the virtual
disk at any time, as long as the host is not actively writing to the disk.
All of this happens in the background, and you may treat the virtual
disk as a shared drive without restrictions.
Access to the files is performed through the web interface. The
contents of the root directory are shown on the home page. You can
download files as you would any file on the web (right-click and Save
target as). To upload a file, click Browse, select a file, and then click
Upload. Files and directories may be deleted using the Delete button
situated to their right.
When emulating a floppy disk or RAMdisk, the data is stored in RAM
on the SV1115IPEXT itself. In order to emulate a CD-ROM disk drive,
a web server is required to provide the CD-ROM image data. The Web
server must be accessible to the unit, which communicates with it
constantly as data is needed.
Floppy mode
Choose the Format as floppy button to switch to floppy mode. Under
Windows, the drive will be identified as a “high density floppy” and will
typically be assigned a drive letter of B:. The capacity is limited to 1.44
megabytes in this mode. The purpose of supporting floppy mode is to
permit the use of floppy-disk images generated by other systems. For
example, the flash BIOS upgrade process is performed with a special
floppy and is bootable. You can transfer bits from that floppy to the
SV1115IPEXT (use the upload disk image form). Now, you can boot
from the special floppy. In addition, emergency repair disks are often
restricted to floppies.
RAMdisk mode
Choose the Format as ramdisk button to switch to RAMdisk mode. This
mode is intended to facilitate simple data transfer between the remote
user and the host computer. It will be recognized by Windows as an
eight megabyte removable disk and assigned a drive letter. You can