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| == Assumptions == | | == Assumptions == |
− | * I assume the SCSI drive is already installed and functioning. | + | * I have assumed that the SCSI drive is already installed and functioning. |
| * If installed on an array controller the drive has been configured as a single drive RAID 0 | | * If installed on an array controller the drive has been configured as a single drive RAID 0 |
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| === 1 Preparation === | | === 1 Preparation === |
− | 1.0 Mount the harddrive and fire up your machine. | + | 1.0 Mount the hard drive and fire up your machine. |
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| 1.1 Get direct shell access and login as root. | | 1.1 Get direct shell access and login as root. |
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| md: bind<cciss/c0d0p2> | | md: bind<cciss/c0d0p2> |
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− | This tells me that I currently have 2 active partitions, p1 & p2, on drive c0d0 (controller 0, disk 0); if a secondary disk is added or used it would therfore be c0d1 (controller 0, disk 1); if another SCSI controller is added or used it would therefore be c1d0 (controller 1, disk 0). | + | This tells me that I currently have 2 active partitions, p1 & p2, on drive c0d0 (controller 0, disk 0); if a secondary disk is added or used it would therefore be c0d1 (controller 0, disk 1); if another SCSI controller is added or used it would therefore be c1d0 (controller 1, disk 0). |
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| Logically my new drive should be on c0d1 (controller 0, disk 1), & the linux device file to match should be in /dev/cciss, so: | | Logically my new drive should be on c0d1 (controller 0, disk 1), & the linux device file to match should be in /dev/cciss, so: |
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| fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d1 (use ? or m to get help) | | fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d1 (use ? or m to get help) |
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− | Follow the prompts to add a Linux partition, I usuallu add a primary partition using the full capacity of the drive. | + | Follow the prompts to add a Linux partition, I usually add a primary partition using the full capacity of the drive. |
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| Use the w key to write the partiton table & exit from fdisk | | Use the w key to write the partiton table & exit from fdisk |
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| Yup, cool, p1 is partition 1 on device c0d1 | | Yup, cool, p1 is partition 1 on device c0d1 |
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− | I don't want to add it to lvm to as it helps to make it more portable for me so this is all I need, your requirements may differ. | + | I don't want to add it to lvm as it helps to make it more portable for me so this is all I need, your requirements may differ. |
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| Hint: if you need to add it into lvm look at the RAID Howto in the wiki. | | Hint: if you need to add it into lvm look at the RAID Howto in the wiki. |
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| 2.1 Prepare the new partition | | 2.1 Prepare the new partition |
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− | Create filesystem & journal on device | + | Create the ext3 filesystem & journal on device |
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| mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 | | mkfs.ext3 -j /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 |
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| <br>Hit <ctrl-x> to exit the editor, y and enter to save. | | <br>Hit <ctrl-x> to exit the editor, y and enter to save. |
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− | 3.2 Mount manually (this time) all filesystems listed in /etc/fstab | + | 3.2 Manually mount (this time) all the filesystems listed in /etc/fstab |
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| mount -a | | mount -a |
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| /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 288362876 98368 273616444 1% /mnt/backupdrive | | /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 288362876 98368 273616444 1% /mnt/backupdrive |
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− | If you don't see a line for /dev/cciss/c0d1p1, something went wrong. | + | If you don't see a line for /dev/cciss/c0d1p1, something went wrong. Go back to step 2 and check if you followed all instructions correctly; check for typos. |
− | <br>Go back to step 2 and check if you followed all instructions correctly.
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| 3.4 Create Quota files | | 3.4 Create Quota files |
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| [[Category:Howto]] | | [[Category:Howto]] |
| + | [[Category:Administration:Storage]] |