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In the prompt supply the size and Snapshot (based on the table below).
 
In the prompt supply the size and Snapshot (based on the table below).
 
You may take the defaults for the Volume Type and IOPS.
 
You may take the defaults for the Volume Type and IOPS.
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The snapshot ID varies by zone and the release of the software. You can see the complete list of GotCloud snapshots:
    
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<code>
                            Availability
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wget -qO -  share.sph.umich.edu:gotcloud/snapshots.txt
  Name                        Zone        Snapshot       Size
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  GotCloud distribution      us-west-2a    snap-14ea7632  40GB
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#                          GotCloud SnapShot List
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#
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#  Create an EBS volume from these snapshots. Use the AWS console or
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#  with an ec2-api-tools command:
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#
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#    ec2-create-volume -K ~/ec2/EC2-X509-private_key.pem \
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#      -C ~/ec2/EC2-X509-cert.pem -s 40 \
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#      --snapshot snap-14ea7632 --region us-west-2 -z us-west-2a
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#
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#                        Availability
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Zone        Snapshot       Size
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us-west-2a    snap-14ea7632  40GB
 
</code>
 
</code>
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Choose the correct snapshot-id and create the volume.
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Do not format the volume. Do not mount it.
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Rather you will need to tell StarCluster to mount this volume on each node in the cluster.
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This is done ny
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and create the volume.  This will create a device which you need to mount in your instance.
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This will create a device which you need to mount in your instance.
 
This will create a device like /dev/sdf, which unfortunately actually translates to
 
This will create a device like /dev/sdf, which unfortunately actually translates to
 
the device /dev/xvdf in your Linux instance. Once the volume is ready, mount it
 
the device /dev/xvdf in your Linux instance. Once the volume is ready, mount it
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