Partitions Over 2.1 TB - Revision history

Bigfoot65: /* 4TB Hard Drives */

2015-03-06T02:07:10Z

4TB Hard Drives

Bigfoot65: /* Adding to your HDA */

2015-03-06T01:40:36Z

Adding to your HDA

Bigfoot65 at 16:26, 8 February 2015

2015-02-08T16:26:35Z

Bigfoot65: /* Adding to your HDA */

2015-02-08T16:18:14Z

Adding to your HDA

Bigfoot65: /* A note about Western Digital drives */

2014-07-10T23:57:57Z

A note about Western Digital drives

Bigfoot65: /* Format the drive! */

2014-07-10T23:57:08Z

Format the drive!

Bigfoot65: /* Alternative Parted usage */

2014-07-10T23:56:58Z

Alternative Parted usage

Bigfoot65: /* OK, Let's do it */

2014-07-10T23:56:42Z

OK, Let's do it

Bigfoot65: /* A note about Western Digital drives */

2013-12-27T13:34:51Z

A note about Western Digital drives

JoshTheBlack: /* Format the drive! */

2013-05-29T23:43:37Z

Format the drive!

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 n.b. Unetbootin was a bit finnicky for me, I found that if I created the drive with a FreeDOS live CD that it wouldn't work, but if I then re-created using unetbootin's automatic distribution download feature, the USB stick worked a treat.  YMMV.
-== 4TB Hard Drives ==
+= 4TB Hard Drives =
 If you have a new hard drive you can add it now.  Here are some instructions to use for 4TB HDD using partedto make sure the alignment is right.  Example here is with a new HDD that appears as /dev/sdb (read here: http://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/)

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 =Adding to your HDA=
-See [[Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive|mount the hard drive]]
+See [[Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount|mount the hard drive]]
+.

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 BE ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT YOU ARE RUNNING THESE COMMANDS AGAINST THE CORRECT DRIVE.  WE CANNOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DATA LOSS, HARDWARE MALFUNCTION, ETC!
-=OK, Let's do it=
+=Parted usage=
 First we label the drive with a GPT partition

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 =Adding to your HDA=
-See [[Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive]]
+See [[Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive|mount the hard drive]]
 =A note about Western Digital drives=

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 Create a bootable usb drive using [http://www.freedos.org/freedos/files/ FreeDOS] and [http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ unetbootin], then copy wdidle.exe onto the usb drive.  Boot up your Amahi box to FreeDOS and enter the following commands:
-{{Code|
+ c:\
-c:\
+ wdidle3 /R
-wdidle3 /R
+ wdidle3 /S300
 This cd's you to the usb drive's root, then we run wdidle3 /R to display the current drive status, then we run wdidle3 /S300 to set the park time to 5 minutes.  Alternatively you could run wdidle3 /D to completely disable the parking.
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 If you have a new hard drive you can add it now.  Here are some instructions to use for 4TB HDD using partedto make sure the alignment is right.  Example here is with a new HDD that appears as /dev/sdb (read here: http://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/)
-{{Code|
+ parted /dev/sdb
 at the parted prompt
-{{Code|
+ mklabel gpt
-Code = mklabel gpt
+ mkpart primary ext4 4096s 100%
-mkpart primary ext4 4096s 100%
+ align-check opt 1
-align-check opt 1
+ quit
 quit
 Formating the drive:
-{{Code|
-Code = mkfs.ext4 -L greyhole01 /dev/sdb1
+ mkfs.ext4 -L greyhole01 /dev/sdb1
 Mounting the drive:
-{{Code|
-Code = hda-diskmount
+ hda-diskmount
 Using the output from the above command, first backup /etc/fstab, and then add to /etc/fstab.
 An example (and only an example!) of what needs to be added to /etc/fstab all on one line:
 '''UUID=e68bc54a-b795-4ce0-802f-213f4ab71e60 /var/hda/files/drives/drive1 ext4 defaults 1 2'''

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 =Format the drive!=
 Finally, let's get that drive formatted to a nice ext4 volume:
-{{Code|
-mkfs.ext4 -T largefile4 /dev/sdb1
+ mkfs.ext4 -T largefile4 /dev/sdb1
 =Adding to your HDA=

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 =Alternative Parted usage=
 Instead of the sequence of one liners up there, you can enter into parted itself like this.  I give this as I don't know how your version of parted is going to behave.  The interactive stuff from parted has been removed:
-{{Code|
-parted /dev/sdb
+ parted /dev/sdb
-(parted) mklabel gpt
+ (parted) mklabel gpt
-(parted) unit s
+ (parted) unit s
-(parted) mkpart primary ext4 2048 -1
+ (parted) mkpart primary ext4 2048 -1
-(parted) quit
+ (parted) quit
 =Format the drive!=

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 =OK, Let's do it=
 First we label the drive with a GPT partition
-{{Code|
-parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
+ parted /dev/sdb mklabel gpt
 Now we select sectors as a unit of measurement
-{{Code|
-parted /dev/sdb unit s
+ parted /dev/sdb unit s
 Now we make the partition.
-{{Code|
-parted /dev/sdb mkpart primary ext4 2048 -1
+ parted /dev/sdb mkpart primary ext4 2048 -1
-}}
 Parted may complain about the last sector and will automatically suggest a correct sector, just say Yes to the prompt.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:34, 27 December 2013
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	n.b. Unetbootin was a bit finnicky for me, I found that if I created the drive with a FreeDOS live CD that it wouldn't work, but if I then re-created using unetbootin's automatic distribution download feature, the USB stick worked a treat. YMMV.		n.b. Unetbootin was a bit finnicky for me, I found that if I created the drive with a FreeDOS live CD that it wouldn't work, but if I then re-created using unetbootin's automatic distribution download feature, the USB stick worked a treat. YMMV.
		+
		+	== 4TB Hard Drives ==
		+	If you have a new hard drive you can add it now. Here are some instructions to use for 4TB HDD using partedto make sure the alignment is right. Example here is with a new HDD that appears as /dev/sdb (read here: http://rainbow.chard.org/2013/01/30/how-to-align-partitions-for-best-performance-using-parted/)
		+
		+	{{Code\|
		+	Code = parted /dev/sdb
		+	}}
		+
		+	at the parted prompt
		+
		+	{{Code\|
		+	Code = mklabel gpt
		+	mkpart primary ext4 4096s 100%
		+	align-check opt 1
		+	quit
		+	}}
		+
		+	Formating the drive:
		+	{{Code\|
		+	Code = mkfs.ext4 -L greyhole01 /dev/sdb1
		+	}}
		+
		+	Mounting the drive:
		+	{{Code\|
		+	Code = hda-diskmount
		+	}}
		+
		+	Using the output from the above command, first backup /etc/fstab, and then add to /etc/fstab.
		+	An example (and only an example!) of what needs to be added to /etc/fstab all on one line:
		+	'''UUID=e68bc54a-b795-4ce0-802f-213f4ab71e60 /var/hda/files/drives/drive1 ext4 defaults 1 2'''

← Older revision		Revision as of 23:43, 29 May 2013
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		+	=Adding to your HDA=
	See [[Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive]]		See [[Adding_a_second_hard_drive_to_your_HDA#Mount_the_hard_drive]]