SDLT 600A Tape Drive Quick Start Guide

Formatting Media Cartridges

1Insert the media cartridge into the tape drive.

When the tape drive recognizes an unformatted or new media cartridge, a prompt appears (see figure 11) when connected to the FTP client.

CAUTION: When formatting with the SDLT 600A tape drive, all existing data on the media cartridge will be overwritten.

2Click Yes.

NOTE: The initial formatting of a media cartridge takes approximately 30 – 40 seconds.

Figure 11 Media Formatting

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Quantum SDLT 600A quick start Formatting Media Cartridges, Media Formatting