Quad SATA HAT Assembly and Troubleshooting

#122

I did a clean install and previously I could have my hat running with…

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

…but now the documentation says…

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev
wget https://github.com/radxa/rockpi-quad/releases/download/0.3.0/rockpi-quad.deb
sudo apt install -y ./rockpi-quad.deb

…which didnt save any rockpi-sata.service file.

I have several mounting scripts that depend on the rockpi-sata.service file. Did something change in general or did I do something wrong and there should be a rockpi-sata.service file?

#123

I did a clean OS install and reinstalled it like the documentation said but now with sudo wget https://... and I saw this message:

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/rockpi-quad.service → /lib/systemd/system/rockpi-quad.service.

I’ll try with this service file and maybe it would be wise to change it in the documentation aswell :wink:

Some warnings I got though, were:

WARNING: The scripts pyserial-miniterm and pyserial-ports are installed in '/usr/local/bin' which is not on PATH. Consider adding this directory to PATH or, if you prefer to suppress this warning, use --no-warn-script-location.

WARNING: Running pip as the 'root' user can result in broken permissions and conflicting behaviour with the system package manager. It is recommended to use a virtual environment instead: https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/venv

…and…

N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/USERNAME/rockpi-quad.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)

Nevertheless I :heart: your product!

#124

Be careful, now the conf file has to be /etc/rockpi-penta.conf but the new script create /etc/rockpi-quad.conf. You just have to rename the conf file name.

#125

I am posting just in case anyone will benefit from the week of trial and error that I went through to set up the QUAD SATA HAT as a NAS.
I used 4 x 1.8TB SSDs and using a youtube video, successfully put the hardware together. Everything went well. So far all good.

The trouble started when I felt I needed to create a RAID5 and mount prior to installing OMV7, and went down the path of installing MDADM.

After MANY reboots, reinitialising the SD card, not seeing the mount, checking /etc/FSTAB and the /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf file, and FAILING to mount the RAID 5 after a reboot, i just happened across a post which suggested doing everything in OMV7.

Which is what I did and it works perfectly now.

Below are my steps.

21.01.2025
13:40 Version

** USING OMV to set up the Shared Directory

Initialise the SD card, RaspberryPi 4 64 lite, include SSH

using SSH to connect to the SATA Hat via ethernet connection - the WIFI set up did not work via the RaspberryPi initialisation process

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo rm -f /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link

** install python
sudo apt install python3-dev

** install app for NAS
sudo wget https://github.com/radxa/rockpi-quad/releases/download/0.3.0/rockpi-quad.deb
sudo apt install -y ./rockpi-quad.deb

sudo reboot

** Should see the LCD display on the top of the Quad SATA HAT

Initialise the Drives

** Delete Partition if not blank
sudo fdisk /dev/sda
sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
sudo fdisk /dev/sdc
sudo fdisk /dev/sdd
** For each create new partition then w to confirm
** Once all done - Sudo reboot

**eg sudo /fdisk /dev/sda…
**d = delete partition
**w - write
**n = new partition
**w = write partition

sudo lsblk
** for each sda,b,c,d should see sda1, sdb1, sdc1, sdd1 (the new partitions)

******Installing OMV
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo rm -f /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link

sudo reboot

sudo wget -O - https://github.com/OpenMediaVault-Plugin-Developers/installScript/raw/master/install | sudo bash

** this takes 20 minutes - depending on network

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

sudo reboot

** access via web portal using the OMV7 credentials: admin, openmediavaul (recommend changing later in case you need to restart the processt

** Use OMV7 to format the hard drives, format as EXT4.
** Install Mergerfs addon

** reference videos:
youtube.c_m/watch?v=69zcqEy1674
youtube.c_m/watch?v=_LLB6x5WOR4

Reboot via OMV7

Create a single drive using Mergerfs
Via OMV7 created a single driver via mergerfs, created a shared directory and shared it!

Follow the videos as a guide. I eventually got there after a few false starts.

What I really need to know now is how to restart the NAS without having to pull out the power cord or turn off / on from the power point!! Any hints?

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