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Load Fail:
Press Eject
E
Flashing
A load command has failed, or a load or change par-
titions command has failed to read the system area
of the tape, which stores information about tape
usage.
Action: Press the Eject button.
Load Lock
I
—
Manual loading is locked (The PREVENT MEDIA
REMOVAL command is in operation).
Load Tape
I
—
This is displayed when you press the Load Tape but-
ton.
Loading
S
—
Either a cartridge is being moved from the magazine
and placed into the drive mechanism, or the drive is
loading a cartridge.
Locate
S
—
The drive is moving the tape to the point specified
by the host.
Mag Check
S
—
The autoloader is examining the magazine to deter-
mine which slots are occupied.
Mag Eject
S
—
The autoloader is ejecting the magazine.
Mag Loaded
S
—
A magazine is present in the autoloader and the
magazine check has been carried out.
Media Removal
Prevented
E
On
An eject command has been attempted when a
PREVENT MEDIA REMOVAL command is in opera-
tion.
Action: Try ejecting again after sending an ALLOW
MEDIUM REMOVAL command, or after resetting or
power-cycling the autoloader.
New FW!!!!
S
—
The firmware upgrade process has been success-
fully completed.
No EODmark
E
Flashing
The drive is trying to read what appears to be a
blank tape (one with no DDS-format EOD pattern).
This is probably the result of a power failure while
the drive was writing data.
Partition
S
—
The drive is switching to the other partition on a two-
partition tape.
Partition 1 too
large
E
On
A command to format the tape has failed because
the requested size for partition 1 is too large.
Action: Try again with a smaller partition 1, or, if pos-
sible, use a larger capacity tape.
Press Eject
I
—
Press the Eject button.
Read
S
—
The drive is reading data from the tape.
Read Fail
E
Flashing
A read attempt has failed. The tape needs to be
repositioned before you try again.
Rewind
S
—
The drive is rewinding the tape to the beginning of
the partition.
