Issues right at arrival

Hardware and peripherals SATA HAT
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After waiting for several months the kit arrived. I wasn’t supprised about any printed documentation but some pictured guidlines would be helpful.

So after figuring out how to mount everything I was quite dissappointed finding out that the main housing does not have the properly cut thread in order to mount the base plate. I broke one screw and now I have to get a M2 thread drill in order to get thoses screws tightend.

After installing dietpi I desparetly tried to mount the harddrive. I use a single 2TB HDD and it is not showing up on any device list. Might there be an issue with the USB bridge?

A more step by step (even if it is quite short) written instruction how to go through the installation steps would be nice.

root@DietPi:~# lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


root@DietPi:~# lsblk
NAME        MAJ:MIN RM  SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
mmcblk0     179:0    0 59.5G  0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1    0  256M  0 part /boot
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2    0 59.2G  0 part /
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Hi, @edox677

You can check the video on the getting started section for how to assemble the case:

https://wiki.radxa.com/Dual_Quad_SATA_HAT

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I already did. The assembly is not an issue anymore. THX

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Supporting script needs to be installed.

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which one? I l already ran

curl -sL https://rock.sh/get-rockpi-sata | sudo -E bash -
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sudo systemctl status rockpi-sata.service

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root@DietPi:~# systemctl status rockpi-sata.service
● rockpi-sata.service - Rockpi SATA Hat
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rockpi-sata.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-06-17 19:34:46 BST; 6min ago
Main PID: 274 (python3)
Tasks: 7 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 23.7M
CGroup: /system.slice/rockpi-sata.service
├─274 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/rockpi-sata/main.py on
├─929 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/rockpi-sata/main.py on
├─933 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/rockpi-sata/main.py on
├─934 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/rockpi-sata/main.py on
└─935 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/rockpi-sata/main.py on

Jun 17 19:34:46 DietPi systemd[1]: Started Rockpi SATA Hat.
Jun 17 19:36:13 DietPi /main.py[935]: The sensor will take effect after reboot.

root@DietPi:~# ls /dev/sd
ls: cannot access ‘/dev/sd’: No such file or directory

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Ok, I just found out, that the USB bridge connector is quite tide and I had to really force it into the USB plugs.
Now the drive manager is able to see the drives! THY

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Good to hear it work.

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After fews (nearly 45 format lol) plug/unplug bridge enter fine :slight_smile: