SDLT 600A Tape Drive Quick Start Guide
7
Formatting Media Cartridges
0
1
Insert 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.
2
Click
Yes
.
Figure 11 Media Formatting
C
AUTION
:
When formatting with the SDLT 600A
tape drive, all existing data on the media
cartridge will be overwritten.
N
OTE
:
The initial formatting of a media cartridge
takes approximately 30 – 40 seconds.
