Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Procedures/EndUserDelivery/HardDisk

Timestamp:

Aug 3, 2011, 10:26:54 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

knpa

Comment:

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Procedures/EndUserDelivery/HardDisk

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 == First steps ==
 
-Plug in the external hard drive.
+ 1. Plug in the external hard drive.
+ 1. You will need to have root permissions before you start: `sudo su` and then type in your linux password.
+ 1. Run dmesg to find device name. Listed at the bottom if just plugged in. 
 
-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
+e.g.
 
 {{{
@@ -23 +15 @@
 Device path is then /dev/sdb (not sdb1 etc, this indicates a partition on sdb)
 
-Run mount to find the name of the partition you need to unmount e.g /dev/sdb1
+ 4. Run mount to find the name of the partition you need to unmount e.g /dev/sdb1.
+ 5. Unmount the partition with umount /dev/partition, e.g. umount /dev/sdb1 (if not already unmounted)
 
-Unmount the partition with umount /dev/partition, e.g. umount /dev/sdb1 (if not already unmounted)[[BR]]
-
-At this point you will need to make a Windows format disk (NTFS, not FAT32) for all data types. 
-
-note: for hyperspectral data prior to 2011, make a Linux format disk (ext3)
-
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 == Formatting and partitioning ==