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Using Mass Storage Devices
Operating the DDS Tape Drive
Operating the DDS Tape Drive
This section describes how to perform tasks with your DDS tape drive.
Loading and Unloading a Data Cassette
Follow these steps to load and unload a data cassette from the DDS tape
drive:
1 Insert the data cassette into the drive, as shown in Figure 8-8.
Figure 8-8 Loading and Unloading a Data Cassette
2
Push the data cassette about three quarters of the way into the drive. The
drive automatically pulls the data cassette the rest of the way in. When the
LEDs on the front of the drive stop flashing, the drive has loaded the data
cassette.
3
To remove the data cassette, press and release the eject button on the front
of the drive, as shown in
Figure 8-8
. The LEDs on the drive flash on and
off. Ten to twenty seconds later, the data cassette slides partway out of the
drive. Remove the cassette from the drive.
Eject Button