Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Procedures/EndUserDelivery/HardDisk

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Sep 27, 2010, 3:48:03 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

mggr

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Procedures/EndUserDelivery/HardDisk

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+= Preparing hard disks for delivery =
+
+Plug in the external hard drive.
+
+You will need to have root permissions before you start ('sudo su' and then type in your password).
+
+Run dmesg to find device name. Listed at the bottom if just plugged in. 
+
+e.g 
+
+{{{
+SSELinux: initialized (dev sdb, type fuseblk), uses genfs_contexts
+}}}
+
+or
+
+{{{
+sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 488397168 512-byte hardware sectors (250059 MB)
+}}}
+
+Device path is then /dev/sdb (not sdb1 etc, this indicates a partition on sdb)
+
+'''Create a partition:[[BR]]'''
+run mount to find the name of the partition you need to unmount e.g /dev/sdb1
+
+Unmount the partition with umount /dev/partition, e.g. umount /dev/sdb1 (if not already unmounted)[[BR]]
+
+At this point, you either need to make a Linux format disk (ext3) for hyperspectral data or a Windows format disk (NTFS, not FAT32) for all other data types.
+
+== Linux format (ext3) disks [hyperspectral data] ==
+
+=== Partition and format the disk (command line) ===
+ 1. Run fdisk /dev/DEVICE_NAME (not partition)
+ 1. enter 'p' to print partition table and check you have selected the correct disk
+ 1. enter 'd' to delete the current partition (delete them all)
+ 1. enter 'n' to create a new partition
+ 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.
+ 1. enter 'p' to print new partition table – if all seems fine enter 'w' to write
+ 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
+ 1. Unmount the partition if it remounted.
+ 1. Run `mke2fs -j /dev/partition`
+
+=== Remount and fix permissions ===
+
+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.
+
+Make writable for everyone using chmod a+rwx /media/disk
+
+
+== Windows format (NTFS, not FAT32) disks [everything except hyperspectral data] ==
+
+=== Partition and format the disk (GUI) ===
+ 1. run `gparted` (needs sudo)
+ 1. select the correct disk partition (pulldown at top right)
+ 1. right click on existing partitions and delete them
+ 1. when there is only unallocated space left, right click on it and select new
+   1. change file system to ntfs
+   1. change label to ARSFDAN
+ 1. if everything looks ok in the list at the bottom, apply all operations (click big green tick)
+
+This should repartition and quick format the disk.
+
+=== Partition and format the disk (command line) ===
+ 1. Run fdisk /dev/DEVICE_NAME (not partition)
+ 1. enter 'p' to print partition table and check you have selected the correct disk
+ 1. enter 'd' to delete the current partition (delete them all)
+ 1. enter 'n' to create a new partition
+ 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.
+ 1. press 't' to set the partition type, select the partition you just made (1)
+ 1. set it to type 7 (HPFS / NTFS)
+ 1. enter 'p' to print new partition table – if all seems fine enter 'w' to write
+ 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
+ 1. Unmount the partition if it remounted.
+ 1. Run `mkntfs --label ARSFDAN --quick /dev/PARTITION`
+
+=== Remount ===
+
+Unplug the disk and plug back in. The disk space should be located under /media/ARSFDAN.
+
+It is wise to check that this destination is correct: 'df /media/ARSFDAN' to check that this is where the device is mounted.
+
+Permissions fixes aren't needed for NTFS (I think).
+
+-------------
+
+== Copy over your data onto the disk ==
+
+Copy the delivery folder from the workspace to /media/disk.
+
+The top directory should be the one with the project code.
+
+== Finalising hard disk ==
+
+Set permissions and owner:
+
+chmod a+rX,a-w -R /media/disk [[BR]]
+chown root.root -R /media/disk
+
+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.
+
+---------------------------------
+
+Return to [wiki:Procedures/EndUserDelivery]