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Instructions - Thermaltake Docking Station

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The Thermaltake docking station is used to read/write standard internal SATA disk drives. It is connected to the machine andromeda through a USB 3.0 connection to a USB 3.0 card within andromeda, allowing it to transfer at up to 700MB/s.

To use the device with a hard disk that is already formatted

  • Make sure the Thermaltake is off (blue LEDs on power button not lit)

  • Insert the drive into one of the two slots
  • Turn on power to Thermaltake
  • In Centos, the drive will appear as an icon on your desktop, and the contents can be accessed at the location /media/<somename>

  • To remove the drive:
    • right-click on the desktop icon that was opened for the drive, and select 'Safely remove drive'
    • wait for the desktop icon to disappear
    • turn off power to Thermaltake
    • wait a couple seconds (for hard disk to spin-down)
    • push drive ejector button

To format a new hard disk (prior to using to write data)

  • Make sure the Thermaltake is off (blue LEDs on power button not lit)

  • Insert the drive into one of the two slots (or insert two drives if you want to format two at one time)
  • Turn on power to Thermaltake. An icon will not appear and Centos will not give any overt indication that it detected the disk.

  • Open 'Disk Utility', which is found in the Centos menu under System Tools.
  • Under 'Peripheral Devices', you should see your hard disk (ie. 2.0 TB Hard Disk), click on that drive
  • Click on 'Format Drive' and click 'Format' (leave default scheme as 'Master Boot Record')
  • Under the Volumes section, click on 'Create Partition'. Use type 'Ext4', give it a Name if you want, and leave the checkbox 'Take ownership of filesystem' ticked. This operation will take several minutes. You should see a spinning circle thingy in the blue Volumes box.

  • When the format is done, you can click on 'Mount Volume', and a desktop icon will appear for it (with the name you gave it) and it can be accessed at the location /media/<nameyougaveit>

  • To remove the drive, follow instructions from above.
  • It is possible to format two drives at the same time (just don't power-down the station until both are done)

ThermaltakeDockingStation (last edited 2014-01-10 13:48:48 by AllisonStevens)