Before a tape can be used, it must be mounted by KDat. There are three ways to mount a tape:
Select "Mount Tape" from the "File" menu.
Click on the tape drive icon on the toolbar.
Right click on the tape drive tree node, and select "Mount Tape".
KDat will rewind the tape, and read the header information from the tape. If KDat does not recognize the header on the tape, you will be prompted to format the tape.
If KDat recognizes the header it will look for the corresponding tape index on your local disk. If the tape index cannot be found you will be prompted to recreate the index from tape.
If all goes well, the tape drive icon will change to indicate that the tape has been mounted, and a message will appear in the status bar. The contents of the tape can be explored under the tape drive tree node.
Before ejecting a tape, you must unmount the tape. There are three ways to unmount the tape:
Select "Unmount Tape" from the "File" menu.
Click on the tape drive icon on the toolbar.
Right click on the tape drive tree node, and select "Unmount Tape".
KDat will acknowledge that the tape has been unmounted by changing the tape drive icon, and displaying a message in the status bar. The tape may now be safely ejected.