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Operating in Manual Mode
3-24 Revision P 95693
Mounting a Cartridge into a T9840 Drive
Important: T9840A/B and T9840C VolSafe cartridges are not interchangeable. T9840C
tape drives can read the 20-GB VolSafe tape cartridges used in T9840A and T9840B
drives, but cannot write to them. The 40-GB VolSafe tape cartridges used in T9840C
drives cause a load error when mounted in a T9840A or T9840B drive.
See “T9840 and T9940 Tape Drives” on page 4-5 for more information.
To load the cartridge in a T9840 drive:
1. Follow the steps in “Mounting and Dismounting Cartridge Tapes” on page 3-19.
2. Insert the cartridge into the drive using the direction shown in Figure 3-13.
3. Wait for one of the following messages to display and take the appropriate
action, if necessary:
•The Ready A message displays when the drive is VolSafe-enabled and
loaded with a write-enabled VolSafe cartridge.
•The Ready F (File Protected) message displays when a write-protected
cartridge loads successfully.
•The Ready U (File Unprotected) message displays when a cartridge
that is not write-protected loads successfully.
•The NTReady message displays when the tape in the cartridge has lost
tension. Follow the instructions outlined in the T9840 Tape Drive User’s Reference
Manual to correct this condition.
•The LOADxxxx message displays when the cartridge unsuccessfully
loads, where the xxxx is a fault symptom code.