The write protect switch is the red tab on the top edge of the removable disk cartridge. To set the write protect tab, eject the cartridge and slide the red tab to the leftmost position. The removable disk cartridge will now be write-protected. To remove the write protect, slide the red tab to the rightmost position. The cartridge will now allow write access.

If the removable disk cartridge does not eject using either the eject button or the right-click eject methods then use the following emergency eject hole method to recover the removable disk cartridge: If using the RDX removable storage drive, turn off your computer. If using the RDX removable storage drive, unplug the power cable. Insert a large straightened paper clip (or similar object) into the Emergency Eject Hole (see the figure above.) Do not insert the object in the hole at an angle.

Removable hard disk drive cartridge formatting steps vary based on the operating system used. Links to formatting instructions based on OS are listed below.

If your system BIOS supports it, you can create a bootable installation of Linux on your RDX USB media storage drive. For more information, please see the "Booting Linux From RDX" whitepaper.

Note: Formatting your cartridge NTFS is not typically required. Cartridges are shipped pre-formatted with NTFS. Deleting all files on the disk will be a sufficient method for re-initializing a cartridge in most cases. Two possible cartridge formatting methods exist for Microsoft Windows XP or 2003 installations. The most straightforward method for formatting cartridges in an RDX SATA device is through the right-click format menu.

You may be able to boot your Linux distribution from an RDX USB cartridge if the installer supports booting from USB removable disk devices and your system BIOS supports boot to USB devices. Support is available natively with the Fedora 6 installer. Fedora 5 can be made bootable with some workarounds. System BIOS typically does not support boot to SATA ATAPI devices. For this reason boot from the SATA RDX device is not typically supported.

Microsoft Windows OS do not allow boot from removable storage media. Please refer to Microsoft's article at: Current versions of Windows should not be installed to USB hard disk drives because Windows does not support USB hard disk drives as the primary boot device. For instructions on setting up a bootable Linux USB RDX cartridge please see the "Booting Linux from RDX" whitepaper here.

long as your kernel is new enough you should not need to modify drivers or kernel to use RDX SATA or USB drives. A few useful Linux commands are listed below. Refer to the man pages for each command for more information. Use the eject command with the device or partition handle to eject the cartridge. When using a default formatted (NTFS) cartridge you will likely need to reformat to EXT3 for use with Linux. Please refer to the instructions here for more information.

The RDX USB drive will work on Mac OSX systems without any additional driver installation. Simply plug the media storage drive USB into an available USB port. The RDX USB should be able to be accessed through the "Disk Utility" application after plugging in and powering up. (Under the "Finder" application, select Applications->Utilities->Disk Utility.) If using a default (NTFS) formatted cartridge, you will need to reformat for MAC OS Extended (HFS+.

For a generic RDX removable hard disk drive Users guide installation quick reference, please see the RDX Users Guide.

The users guide for your RDX removable media storage product should be downloaded from RDX partner support sites. Links to RDX partner sites are available here.

There is room for a user label on the front of the removable hard disk cartridge. Do not place labels on the surfaces that contact the device bay as the cartridge is inserted.

Linux FAT32 and EXT2/3 file system formatting support is natively built into the kernel with commands mkdosfs and mke2fs. Linux commands parted or fdisk may be used to partition a cartridge before formatting. GUI based partitioning and formatting tools are available for Linux but vary by distribution. Please check your distributions documentation for more information.

Mac provides a "Disk Utilty" application which can be used to reformat an NTFS or other file system formatted cartridge for use with Mac. Select the RDX device on the left side of the screen. Be sure to select the device and not the partition (shown below the device.) See the screenshot below for an example. Mac OS Extended is the default format. The "MS-DOS File System" selection in the "Volume Format" drop-down menu box will format the cartridge FAT32.

The RDX removable storage drive and cartridge will support any file system format supported by the host system. The RDX removable hard disk cartridge is shipped pre-formatted with NTFS. NTFS is typically the best choice for Windows operating systems. Linux systems will typically use ext3 formatted cartridges. Mac systems typically use HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) formatting.

The cdrom drives in our lab machines are setup to use the automounter. The automounter will automatically mount the drive for you when you access it, and unmount it when it is not being used. The cdrom will be automatically mounted under /cdrom once you access that directory. You can use most normal Ext2fs (linux) file commands on the cdrom then. Since a cdrom is read-only, commands to write to the device will not work. cd /cdrom

A Hot Spare Disk Cartridge is an additional Disk Cartridge installed in a 3U Server that is immediately available as a replacement if a hard disk drive fails. If an active drive fails, the Server continues to operate, no content or user-entered data is lost, and information that was stored on the failed drive is automatically restored to the hot spare. This eliminates the need for an urgent service call and provides peace of mind in marine and other remote installations.

You can enable this option, for example, to prevent Windows from automatically creating the 'Recycled' and/or the 'System Volume Information' folders on TrueCrypt volumes (in Windows, these folders are used by the Recycle Bin and System Restore facilities). However, there are some disadvantages. For example, when you enable this option, the 'Computer' (or 'My Computer') list will not show free space on the volume (note that this is a Windows limitation, not a bug in TrueCrypt).

There can be a large variation in the storage required from one DVD movie to another, but an "average" DVD movie requires approximately 6.7 gigabytes of storage. Therefore, you can expect to store approximately 112 DVDs on a 750 GB Disk Cartridge and 150 DVDs on a 1 TB Disk Cartridge.

There can be a large variation in the storage required from one CD to another, but an "average" audio CD requires approximately 0.60 gigabytes of storage. Therefore, you can expect to store approximately 1,250 CDs on a 750 GB Disk Cartridge and 1,650 CDs on a 1 TB Disk Cartridge.

When adding a Disk Cartridge to a Server, the amount of storage realized depends on 1) the capacity of the newly installed Disk Cartridge compared to the capacity of the drives already in the array, and 2) whether or not the Server is a 3U Server. A 3U Server behaves differently than a 1U or 5U Server because of its Hot Spare Disk Cartridge.

Please download the latest RDX Utility software from the support sites for RDX partners. A list of links to RDX partner support sites may be found here.

The slow blink of the blue LED identifies the Hot Spare Disk Cartridge, and indicates that it is ready. Please see "What is a Hot Spare Disk Cartridge?" above for further information.

Kaleidescape recommends that all Disk Cartridges should be left in the Server until the replacement Disk Cartridge has arrived. Please do not remove a Disk Cartridge unless instructed to do so by Kaleidescape Technical Support. The Server chassis will cool properly only when all its slots are filled with a Disk Cartridge (blank or containing a hard disk drive).

The Removable Disk in the FBiDrive is use Flash Ram that is extremely fast. However, the average speed of a USB port, V1.1, is 900 kb/sec for reading and 600 kb/sec. for writing.

The RDX USB device requires Mass Storage support, and support for USB 2.0 is recommended for maximum performance. Support for these features was available starting with Linux kernel 2.4.22. All Linux 2.6 kernels should support USB Mass Storage and USB 2.0. The RDX SATA device requires support for SATA ATAPI devices. SATA ATAPI support is available and enabled by default on distributions based on kernels 2.6.16 and later.

When enabled, the entire URL of the site that you're visiting will be securely transmitted to Google for evaluation. In addition, a very condensed version of the page's content may be sent to compare similarities between authentic and forged pages. For example, if the condensed 'fingerprint' of the page you are visiting matches the 'fingerprint' of a popular bank's site but the page's URL is different, that's a good sign that the page you are on is designed to mislead users.

To change the Drive letter used by your RDX media storage drive in Windows XP or 2003 follow the instructions below. Click on "Change" and assign a new drive letter from the drop-down box. Make sure no other device or network share is using the new drive letter.

Follow the instructions for installation from the RDX User's guide. For links to download the RDX Users guide from support websites, please click here.