| | 1 | == Creating Linux format (ext3) disks == |
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| | 3 | This page describes how to create a linux ext3 format disk. ARSF-DAN switched to solely NTFS format disks in 2011, so these instructions should only be used for hyperspectral data prior to 2011. |
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| | 5 | Partition and format the disk (command line) |
| | 6 | 1. Run fdisk /dev/DEVICE_NAME (not partition) |
| | 7 | 1. enter 'p' to print partition table and check you have selected the correct disk |
| | 8 | 1. enter 'd' to delete the current partition (delete them all) |
| | 9 | 1. enter 'n' to create a new partition |
| | 10 | 1. enter 'p' to make new partition the primary partition. If it asks you to give a partition number press 1 and enter. Then press enter twice to fill the whole disk. |
| | 11 | 1. enter 'p' to print new partition table – if all seems fine enter 'w' to write |
| | 12 | 1. To be on the safe side, run dmesg again to make sure device name hasn't changed. You should now see the partition listed as device_name1, e.g. sdb1 |
| | 13 | 1. Unmount the partition if it remounted. |
| | 14 | 1. Run `mke2fs -j /dev/partition` |
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| | 16 | Remount and fix permissions: |
| | 17 | 1. Unplug the disk and plug back in. The disk space should be located under /media/disk. It is wise to check that this destination is correct: 'df /media/disk' to check that this is where the device is mounted. |
| | 18 | 1. Make writable for everyone using chmod a+rwx /media/disk |
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| | 20 | == Copy over your data onto the disk == |
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| | 22 | Copy the delivery folder to /media/disk. |
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| | 24 | == Finalising hard disk == |
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| | 26 | Set permissions and owner: |
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| | 28 | chmod a+rX,a-w -R /media/disk [[BR]] |
| | 29 | chown root.root -R /media/disk |
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| | 31 | NOTE: Be sure to record the number of the hard disk (or giving it one if it does not yet have one) before packing it. |