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= Introduction =
 
= Introduction =
 
This is a plugin to add new disks to an Amahi HDA in a "seamless as possible" fashion.
 
This is a plugin to add new disks to an Amahi HDA in a "seamless as possible" fashion.
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'''CAUTION:''' If you mount a drive and at some point remove it, ensure you remove the appropriate entry from the ''/etc/fstab''. If you don't, your HDA will boot into '''Emergency Mode''' and be inoperable.</div>
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= Assumptions and Dependencies =
 
= Assumptions and Dependencies =
  
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== Disk-Wizard enables you to easily manage your disk partitions: ==
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== Features ==
 
* Create partition tables, (e.g., msdos or gpt)
 
* Create partition tables, (e.g., msdos or gpt)
 
* Create, move, copy, resize, check, label, set new UUID, and delete partitions
 
* Create, move, copy, resize, check, label, set new UUID, and delete partitions
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* Attempt data rescue from lost partitions
 
* Attempt data rescue from lost partitions
  
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== Disk-Wizard works with the following storage devices: ==
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== Devices supported ==
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* Hard disk drives (e.g., [[SATA]],[[IDE]], and [[SCSI]])
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* Hard disk drives (e.g., [[SATA]], [[IDE]], and [[SCSI]])
 
* Flash memory devices, such as USB memory sticks and Solid State Drives (SSD&#39;s)
 
* Flash memory devices, such as USB memory sticks and Solid State Drives (SSD&#39;s)
 
* RAID Devices (hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID)
 
* RAID Devices (hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID)
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* e2fsprogs
 
* e2fsprogs
 
* hdparm
 
* hdparm
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== Disk-Wizard supports the following actions on file systems: ==
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== File system support ==
 
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<font color="#6aa84f">&#10003;&#10003;</font>    Supported offline and online. For example, unmounted and mounted.
 
<font color="#6aa84f">&#10003;&#10003;</font>    Supported offline and online. For example, unmounted and mounted.
  

Latest revision as of 13:31, 17 October 2016

Introduction

This is a plugin to add new disks to an Amahi HDA in a "seamless as possible" fashion.

CAUTION: If you mount a drive and at some point remove it, ensure you remove the appropriate entry from the /etc/fstab. If you don't, your HDA will boot into Emergency Mode and be inoperable.

Assumptions and Dependencies

Features

  • Create partition tables, (e.g., msdos or gpt)
  • Create, move, copy, resize, check, label, set new UUID, and delete partitions
  • Enable and disable partition flags, (e.g., boot or hidden)
  • Align partitions to mebibyte (MiB) or traditional cylinder boundaries
  • Attempt data rescue from lost partitions

Devices supported

  • Hard disk drives (e.g., SATA, IDE, and SCSI)
  • Flash memory devices, such as USB memory sticks and Solid State Drives (SSD's)
  • RAID Devices (hardware RAID, motherboard BIOS RAID, and Linux software RAID)
  • All sector sizes (e.g., devices with 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 byte sectors and more)

Disk-Wizard does not support logical volume management (LVM2) at present.

The Disk-Wizard uses a wide variety of third party libraries and tools which perform these operations. Disk-Wizard is a frontend, which brings together all these underlying functions and processes, and presents them in a graphical and accessible way.

There is a list of dependencies, or a list of packages required for the program to work. In this occasion, they are file system tools.

  • ntfsprogs
  • udisks2
  • e2fsprogs
  • hdparm

File system support

File system

Detect

Read

Create

Grow

Shrink

Move

Copy

Check

Label

UUID

Required software

ext2

✓

✓

✓

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✓

✕

e2fsprogs

ext3

✓

✓

✓

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✓

✕

e2fsprogs

ext4

✓

✓

✓

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✓

✕

e2fsprogs v1.41+

f2fs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

f2fs-tools

fat16

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

dosfstools

fat32

✓

✓

✓

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

dosfstools

hfs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

hfsutils

hfs+

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

hfsprogs

jfs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

jfsutils

linux-swap

✓

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

util-linux

lvm2 pv

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

lvm2

nilfs2

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

nilfs-utils

ntfs

✓

✓

✓

✕

✕

✕

✕

✕

✓

✕

ntfs-3g / ntfsprogs

reiser4

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

reiser4progs

reiserfs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

reiserfsprogs

ufs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

xfs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

xfsprogs, xfsdump

Legend

✓✓ Supported offline and online. For example, unmounted and mounted.

✓ Supported offline only.

✕ Not supported.

N/A Not applicable

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