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=Step Make sure your drive is detected by step instructionsthe BIOS=
==Make sure your drive is detected by the BIOS==
It should be listed in the drives that appear when you boot your computer, before the Fedora boot screen appears. You can also enter you BIOS and confirm they appear there.
==Make sure your drive is detected by Fedora==
Open a Terminal, and type the following command:
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==Install prerequisites==
[[Open Terminal as root|In a Terminal, as root]], type the following (two) commands:
Note: hda-diskmount2 is an updated version of the hda-diskmount script that comes with Amahi. Upcoming versions of Amahi will include this new version.
==Partition and format the hard drive==
This step is optional, and should only be executed if you want to delete the content of your new hard drive, or if the hard drive has not yet been formatted.
[http://www.mepisguides.com/Mepis-6/Install/gparted/gparted-set-partition.html Here's one] that looks simple. Just use ext3 instead of fat32 in you follow that tutorial.
==Mount the hard drive==
A script is provided with Amahi that will look for unmounted partitions in your system, and mount any it finds.
Answer ''yes''. The -cn option we're using can safely be used on mounted filesystems.
==Use the hard drive==
You have a choice here on how to use your new hard drive storage space. We'll offer some examples.
===Use the hard drive for all shares===
If you want all your shares to be on your new hard drive, here's how to do that.
That's it. All your shares in /var/hda/files are now on your new hard drive.
===Use the hard drive for only some shares===
If you want only some of your shares to be on your new hard drive, here's how to do that.
That's it. Your share(s) are now on your new hard drive.
===Use the hard drive in your Greyhole storage pool===
If you want to add your new hard drive to your Greyhole storage pool, here's how to do that.