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howto:install_sata [2017/03/30 22:21]
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howto:install_sata [2019/05/03 14:55]
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-//​Disclaimerwhat follows is true for LIME and LIME2 hardware.// +[12:51] == franciliensRendsLArgent [webchat@EF99D60C.6A694E56.394F442.IP] has joined #​franciliens.net 
- +[12:51] abitbolg4458 [ocabot@cnx-117.at.franciliens.net] requested CTCP TIME from franciliensRendsLArgent:​ 
-Installing the system on a SATA drive is not straightforward,​ mainly for one reason : the LIME(2) cannot boot from the SATA portTo make it work, you need to leave a minimal system on the SD card (the ''/​boot''​ folder) so the bootloader can find a kernel to boot, then the kernel will seek the rest of the system on the SATA drive. +[12:51] <​franciliensRendsLArgent>​ bonjour 
- +[12:51] <​travis>​ Okay yhargla ! Et donc (désoléje suis un peu un jeune padawan..............) , si j'ai bien comprisle dd sata je le laisse en continue branché à la brique ? 
-Let's start with a working cube, with the system running from the SD card and a SATA drive plugged. You are logged in as root on your cube+[12:​51] ​<franciliensRendsLArgentyharglarends l'argent 
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-====== Partitionning and formatting ====== +[12:​51] ​-abitbolg4458- You will be able to talk on #​franciliens.net in 240 seconds. / Vous pourrez parler sur #​franciliens.net dans 240 secondes
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-First, you have to prepare the driveYou will need at least one partition for the system (the ''​root''​ or ''/''​ partition), and possibly others for folders containing user data, such as ''/​home''​ and ''/​var''​Let's keep it simple for now, with everything (except ''/​boot''​ of course) on the same partition+[12:​52] ​<@yharglahttps://wiki.labriqueinter.net/doku.php?​id=howto:​install_sata
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-to create a partition on your diskrun ''​cfdisk /​dev/​sda''​The tool should be self explanatory - you should remove any existing partition, then create a //primary partition// with the number //1//When asking for the start and end of the partition, just use the default values and the partition will fill the whole disk. +
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-Now, you should have a file called ''/​dev/​sda1''​ +
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-To format your new partition, just run ''​mkfs.ext4 /​dev/​sda1''​ +
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-====== Changing the boot configuration ====== +
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-When booting, your cube needs to know where to find the root partitionTo do so, edit the file ''/​etc/​default/​flash-kernel''​ +
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-in this file, replace ''​root=/​dev/​mmcblk0p1''​ ("the root partition is on the SD card") with ''​root=/​dev/​sda1''​ ("the root partition is on the drive"​). +
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-Now, run ''​flash-kernel''​This will regenerate the ''/​boot/​boot.scr''​ fileYou may open this file and check if the line ''​root=/​dev/​sda1''​ is in there. +
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-You will also need to modify ''/​etc/​fstab''​ to match the desired configuration:​ +
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-<​code>​ +
-/​dev/​mmcblk0p1 /boot ext4       ​defaults ​       0       1 # /boot on the SD card +
-/dev/sda1 / ext4                defaults ​       0       1 # root on SATA drive +
-</​code>​ +
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-====== Stop services ====== +
-You should stop this service before to proceed the copy, else there is a risk your mysql database to be corrupted. +
-<​code>​ +
-root@yunohost:/​media#​ service nginx stop +
-root@yunohost:/​media#​ service mysql stop +
-root@yunohost:/​media#​ service postfix stop +
-root@yunohost:/​media#​ service rmilter stop +
-root@yunohost:/​media#​ service dovecot stop +
-</​code>​ +
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-====== Copying ====== +
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-Now you have to copy everything from the SD card to the disk([[https://​wiki.archlinux.org/​index.php/​Full_system_backup_with_rsync#​With_a_single_command|source]]) +
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-<​code>​ +
-mkdir -p /tmp/sata +
-mount /dev/sda1 /tmp/sata +
-rsync -aAXv --exclude={"/​dev/​*"​,"/​proc/​*"​,"/​sys/​*","/​tmp/​*","/​run/​*","/​mnt/​*","/​media/​*","/​lost+found"​} / /tmp/sata +
-</code> +
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-Now, your SATA drive contains a complete copy of your system, but one important thing is missingyour kernel is in ''/​tmp/​sata/​boot'',​ but this folder should actually mount /​dev/​mmcblk0p1,​ which already contains the system you are currently running. +
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-cd /tmp/sata +
-mv boot boot.old +
-mkdir boot +
-mount /​dev/​mmcblk0p1 boot +
-rsync -av boot.oldboot/ +
-</​code>​ +
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-Now, the ''/​boot''​ of the new system exists alongside the ''/''​ of the old system. +
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-====== Rebooting ====== +
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-Now, cross your fingers and reboot your cube. Or the other way around if it's too hard to type+
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-Can you log into your cube ? Congratulations ! It worked ! +
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-====== Cleaning up ====== +
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-Now, your old system is cluttering the ''​/boot''​ folderTo clean it up, you can remove everything in this folder, and reuse the ''/​boot.old''​ copy we did earlier. +
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-<​code>​ +
-cd /boot +
-rm -rf # /!\ proceed carefully /!\ +
-mv /boot.old/* . +
-rmdir /boot.old +
-</code> +
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-Everything should be fine now ! +
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-An alternative approachremove everything from ''​/boot'',​ then run ''​update-initramfs -u''​This will regenerate everything necessary inside ''​/boot''​.+
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