Alesis ADAT-HD24 FirePort 1394, Reference Manual

Page: 51 / 102

working
with
drives • chapter 5
50
ADAT HD24 Reference Manual
How Drives Get Mounted
When power is turned on and a drive is present, it
will be mounted automatically; you don't need to
take any action unless a drive was deliberately
dismounted.
If no drive is present
If the ADAT HD24 is powered on with no drives in
its bays, the display will (after the startup "splash"
screen) show the following message:
No Disk Drive
Selected
When a drive caddy is inserted
If you push a caddy into the first drive bay, the
machine will automatically detect that the drive is
there, will apply power and try to mount the drive.
If the ADAT HD24 already has one active selected
drive in one bay and a drive is inserted in the other
bay, the machine will not attempt to apply power
and mount the drive until after that drive's
respective
DRIVE
button is pressed.
If a drive is present
If the ADAT HD24 is powered on with one drive in
its bay, the machine will automatically detect that
the drive is there and will apply power and try to
mount the drive.
If it is powered on with two drives in its bays, the
machine will automatically detect that both drives
are there but will only apply power and try to
mount the drive that was being used before the
HD24 was turned off.
Dismounting drives
Before you can pull out a drive and replace
it with another one, it must be dismounted
(DRIVE LED must be OFF). Otherwise, you
run the risk of a head crash and losing
data.
To dismount a drive:
1. Press the
DRIVE
button.
The display will read "
Dismount
Drive? Y /N
".
2. Press the
YES
(
▲
) button.
3. Wait while the drive is powered off and the
heads are parked.
The display will read "
Dismount HD
1...
" with a progress bar on the bottom line
and the DRIVE LED will flash red.
4. When the display is clear and the DRIVE LED
is completely off, you may pull out the drive
by pulling on the handle.
If there are no other drives in the machine after a
drive dismount procedure, the display will show
the following message:
No Disk Drive
Selected
Tip:
If there are two mounted drives in the
bays, and Drive 1 is the selected drive,
press and hold the
DRIVE 2
button for two
seconds to dismount Drive 2 without first
selecting it for use. The same logic holds
for Drive 1.