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| Attach the volume to the instance you have just launched and specify as a | | Attach the volume to the instance you have just launched and specify as a |
| separate device: f, g and h (e.g. /dev/sdf, /dev/sdg and /dev/sdh). | | separate device: f, g and h (e.g. /dev/sdf, /dev/sdg and /dev/sdh). |
− | Note: as of this writing you specity a device as sdf, but will actually show up as /dev/xdvf in the instance. | + | It'll take a few minutes for the volume to show up in your instance. |
| + | Note: as of this writing if you specify a device as sdf, it will actually show up as /dev/xvdf in the instance. |
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| This first time you need to prepare the disks by formatting and mounting them: | | This first time you need to prepare the disks by formatting and mounting them: |
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| <code> | | <code> |
− | sudo fdisk -l /dev/xdvg | + | '''sudo fdisk -l /dev/xdvg''' # Do not continue until this works |
| + | Disk /dev/xvdg: 536.9 GB, 536870912000 bytes |
| + | 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 65270 cylinders, total 1048576000 sectors |
| + | Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes |
| + | Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
| + | I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes |
| + | Disk identifier: 0x00000000 |
| + | |
| + | Disk /dev/xvdg doesn't contain a valid partition table |
| + | |
| + | '''sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xvdg''' |
| + | mke2fs 1.42 (29-Nov-2011) |
| + | Filesystem label= |
| + | OS type: Linux |
| + | Block size=4096 (log=2) |
| + | Fragment size=4096 (log=2) |
| + | Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks |
| + | 32768000 inodes, 131072000 blocks |
| + | 6553600 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user |
| + | First data block=0 |
| + | Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296 |
| + | 4000 block groups |
| + | 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group |
| + | 8192 inodes per group |
| + | Superblock backups stored on blocks: |
| + | 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, |
| + | 4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968, |
| + | 102400000 |
| + | Allocating group tables: done |
| + | Writing inode tables: done |
| + | Creating journal (32768 blocks): done |
| + | Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done |
| + | |
| + | |
| + | |
| + | |
| + | sudo fdisk -l /dev/xdvg # Do not continue until this works |
| + | sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/xdvg |
| + | </code> |