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DD8
plus Version 2.20 - September 1998
Assuming everything is OK, the DD8 will then wind the tape to the first available space where it
can write data. If the tape is a new, freshly formatted tape, this will be quite quick but if the tape
contains several backups already and these contain a lot of data, it may take a while to wind to
the first available area of the tape suitable for backing up to.
NOTE: You may see other messages pop up. These will be momentary - don’t worry about
these.
Once a suitable position on the tape has been located, the backup will begin and you will see
something like this screen as the backup takes place:
The screen shows the progress of the backup as it takes place and this is expressed as a
percentage and as a highlighting bar. The percentage in the top line shows how much of the
individual file has been backed up whilst the percentage in the bottom line shows how much of
the entire backup has been done.
If any of the selected files use audio from any other connected disks, these too will be backed up
to the destination SCSI tape (except in the case where ENTIRE DISK is selected). During the
process, you may abort the backup by pressing the ESCAPE key at any time.
The exact amount of time the backup will take depends on the amount of material being backed
up. Backup speed is approximately five times real-time (i.e. ten minutes of audio will take ap-
proximately 2 minutes to backup).
At the end of the backup, you will see this screen:
The DD8 will rewind the tape to the start in readiness for the next backup. Exactly how long this
takes depends on the amount of data on the tape.
Finally, you will see this screen display:
Press any key to continue.
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