The Linux computer is under the desk. Plug in your Source HD (Mac Formatted) |
Also Plug in the USB or Secondary HD that will be formatted to |
EXT3 | |
Press the source button on the LEFT monitor to get to the VGA input. |
DVI
HDMI = Mac Computer VGA = Linux Computer |
Log in with the password rtfdcppkg |
This computer is not on the internet so you will have to connect your hard drive with the DCP on it to the computer directly via USB. |
If you have files on the temp_transfer server you can mount it. Go to the home page on the desktop and choose the file cabinet icon to open a new browser menu. |
You can right click the Icon and choose “Connect to Server” | |
Or you can click on the side bar select the “Connect to Server” | |
Go to Applications You will have to re enter the password | |
Go to the upper left and choose the correct drive to format | |
Selected drive has to be unmounted | |
Next right click and choose >Format to>ext2,ext3 or ext4 | |
Next click the "green checkmark" to apply all operations |
The formatting takes a while. A 30 gig USB will take about 10 to 15 minutes. | |
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Right click the drive in the side bar to get the properties | |
Open |
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terminal | |
and type in |
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and type in the following: |
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cmb4112/ (followed by the name of your drive) Use the name of the drive |
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Or if the techstaff user account gets deleted you can use commpower
shown in the properties of the above example. |
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Here is an example: sudo chmod 777 /media/ |
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cmb4112/ |
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6ebcdf21- |
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f950- |
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432d- |
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b05c-32361936626d (or the name of |
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your particular drive don't use this example) | |
Finally copy the DCP files from your Macintosh HD to the EXT3 formatted hard drive. | |
When files finish copying over you can remove your Hard Drive from the computer. Right click the drive in the sidebar and choose > Safely remove | |
Log Out | |
Switch monitor source back to HDMI for Mac |