Adding a second hard drive to your HDA - Revision history

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Command-line (Fedora)

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Prerequisites

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Prerequisites

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Power Down Hard Drives

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Power Down Hard Drives

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Power Down Hard Drives

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Power Down Hard Drives

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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table GUID-partitioned] hard drives (such as those previously used in a Mac or have GPT partition tables) are not supported in this tutorial.
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano nano] is used as the command-line text editor (refer to [https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-nano-text-editor/ beginners guide to nano] as needed).
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano nano] is used as the command-line text editor (refer to [https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-nano-text-editor/ how to install/use the nano editor] as needed).
 =Prerequisites=

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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table GUID-partitioned] hard drives (such as those previously used in a Mac or have GPT partition tables) are not supported in this tutorial.
-* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano nano] is used as the command-line text editor (refer to [http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/42980/the-beginners-guide-to-nano-the-linux-command-line-text-editor/ beginners guide to nano] as needed).
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano nano] is used as the command-line text editor (refer to [https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-use-nano-text-editor/ beginners guide to nano] as needed).
 =Prerequisites=

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 Up to 2TB, at the ''(parted)'' prompt, enter:
-# mklabel msdos (answer ''yes'' when prompted)
+# mklabel msdos (answer ''yes'' if prompted)
 # mkpart primary 0% 100%
 # quit
 <br />
 Greater than 2TB, at the ''(parted)'' prompt, enter:
-# mklabel gpt (answer ''yes'' when prompted)
+# mklabel gpt (answer ''yes'' if prompted)
 # mkpart primary 0% 100%
 # quit

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-  yum -y install pmount fuse fuse-libs ntfs-3g util-linux-ng parted nano
+  dnf -y install pmount fuse fuse-libs ntfs-3g util-linux-ng parted nano
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-:'''NOTE:'''  <code>yum</code> (deprecated) has been replaced with <code>dnf</code> as the Fedora 23 and greater package manager.
+:'''NOTE:'''  <code>yum</code> (deprecated) has been replaced with <code>dnf</code> as the package manager for Fedora 23 and greater.
 Ubuntu
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 Answer ''yes''. The <code>-cn</code> option we're using can safely be used on mounted file systems.
-==Power Down Hard Drives==
+==Spin Down Hard Drives==
 Low power is a good thing to have in servers. If you do not use your server very often, you may want to force the hard drives to spin down faster than the default. Here is how.

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 Answer ''yes''. The <code>-cn</code> option we're using can safely be used on mounted file systems.
 ==Power Down Hard Drives==
-Ensure ''hdparm'' package is installed:
   sudo dnf install hdparm
-Add these lines to <code>/etc/rc.local</code>:
+To force to spin down after 10 minutes of being idle, add these lines to <code>/etc/rc.local</code>:
 <pre>
-#power drives down after 10 minutes idle
+# power drives down after 10 minutes idle
 /sbin/hdparm -S120 /dev/sda
 /sbin/hdparm -S120 /dev/sdb
 ...
 </pre>
-This will power the drives down after 10 minutes. It makes the system run much cooler and power efficient (especially on a Home Server you are rarely using all of the pool drives at the same time).
 =Troubleshooting=

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	Answer ''yes''. The <code>-cn</code> option we're using can safely be used on mounted file systems.		Answer ''yes''. The <code>-cn</code> option we're using can safely be used on mounted file systems.
		+	===Power Down Hard Drives===
		+	Add these lines to <code>/etc/rc.local</code>:
		+	<pre>
		+	#power drives down after 10 minutes idle
		+	/sbin/hdparm -S120 /dev/sda
		+	/sbin/hdparm -S120 /dev/sdb
		+	...
		+	</pre>
		+	This will power the drives down after 10 minutes. It makes the system run much cooler and power efficient (especially on a Home Server you are rarely using all of the pool drives at the same time).

	=Troubleshooting=		=Troubleshooting=