User manual LACIE BIGGEST S1S

[. . . ] LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual How To Use This Manual How To Use This Manual In the toolbar: Previous Page / Next Page Go to Contents Page / Go to Precautions Page Printing: While optimized for onscreen viewing, the pages of this manual are formatted for printing on 8 paper, giving you the option to print the entire manual or just a specific page or section. 1/2" x 11" and A4 sized To Exit: From the Menu bar at the top of your screen, select: File > Quit. Icons Used In This Manual These icons describe the type of information being given: i Important Info: This icon refers to an important step that must be followed. T N Tech Note: This icon refers to tips to help maximize performance. Caution!This icon indicates a potential hazard, and gives tips on how to avoid them. LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual Table of Contents page 2 Table of Contents Foreword Precautions 1. Formatting And Partitioning Your LaCie Biggest S1S 4. 5. 1. Windows Users 5 7 8 8 9 9 10 11 11 12 14 15 15 16 17 19 20 21 21 22 22 23 25 26 27 28 30 LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 5. [. . . ] 4) The Disk Utility dialog box will appear. Your LaCie Biggest S1S array will appear on the left-hand side, in the list of hard disks that are mounted on your system. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive, and one that reads LaCie. 5) Select the LaCie drive, and then click on the Partition tab. 6) From the Volume Scheme: button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with Current (Mac OS 10. x gives you the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the Volume Scheme: area. 7) In the Volume Information section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, MS-DOS File System or UNIX File System) and the volume size. T N Tech Note: For a more detailed discussion on the various file system formats and partitioning, please refer to section 7. 1. 1. File System Formats ­ Mac Users. LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 4. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest S1S page 29 T N Tech Note: Under Mac OS 10. 3. x, the default format setting is Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Journaling provides a continuous record of changes to files on the hard drive. You will not be able to format in the MS-DOS File System, either, unless you choose the Erase tab in the Disc Utility window and create an entire MS-DOS File System volume. For more information, please refer to section 7. 1. 1. File System Formats - Mac Users. 8) Once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click OK. The following message will appear: "Warning!Saving the new volume will erase all existing volumes. Are you sure you want to do that?" Click Partition to continue. 9) Mac OS 10. x will automatically setup the disk with the partitions and volume format you selected, and your new drive will be available for use. LaCie Biggest S1S User's Manual 4. 5. 2. Formatting And Partitioning ­ Windows Users 4. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest S1S page 30 After having followed the steps to set the RAID level, create the array and connect the interface cable, the LaCie Biggest S1S must now be formatted and partitioned before it can be used: i Important Info: Before beginning the format and partition process, ensure that there are no warning or error messages being displayed on the LCD Display of the LaCie Biggest S1S. 1) If it is not already on, power on the host computer. 2) From the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon. The Computer Management dialog box should appear. 4) From the Computer Management dialog box, select Disk Management from the menu on the left-hand side. [. . . ] the current RAID level settings of the installed disks "Original: Rx" i. e. the RAID level settings on the RAID Level Switch Selectors The LCD Display reads "unmatched. " Example: The RAID Level Switch Selectors are positioned to indicate a RAID 0 setting, but the disks were set earlier as a RAID 5 array, the LCD will display the following two alternating messages: 1) "RAID Level" "Unmatched" 2) "Current: R5" "Original: R0" In this situation, the array will not function. There are two options: 1) Shut down the LaCie Biggest S1S and re-position the RAID Level Switch Selectors to the previous RAID setting, in this case, RAID 5. 2) Re-insert the four drives, and re-create the array as a RAID 0 array. [. . . ]