Adding a Hard Drive to an Ubuntu Linux Desktop Computer
Create a partition and mount it
Change Ownership of Added Hard Drive at T=9m
Method Used
- Watch first video above and learn how to mount a drive and all the informational commands to list the states
- Watch second video if you need to change ownership
- Use the Disk Utility of Link #2 below to alter the Fstab file so disk will be mounted at boot up.
Research Links
- Installing exfat-utils – to allow a windows compatible file syste to be written by fdisk under linux command: sudo fdisk exfat /dev/sdc1
- How to Mount Drives on Linux: Command Line & GUI – this has a synopsis of the drive mounting procedure. Shows the Disk Utility that can alter the Fstab file to automatically mount the drive at boot up.
Notes
- Physicall install the drive
- Create partition(s)
- Format the partition
- Find the drive in /dev
- Create directory in /mnt or /media with the name of the drive
- sudo mount sdb1 /mnt/2THD
- The drive will be mounted now with root as owner – Will this work as an auxiliary drive for Bitcoin-Core?
Firefox Change Browser User Agent Presented to Server
Research Links
- How to change your user agent in Firefox
- about:config – for firefox settings
- List of User Agents
- WhatIsMyBrowser.com – shows the browser agent presented.
Slack Related
User-Agent Switcher and Manager – Browser Extension Review
- User-Agent Switcher and Manager by Ray
- User Agent Switcher and Manager Spoofs and mimics browser's User-Agent strings
Bitcoin and Other Crypto Wallet Notes
Bitcoin Wallet Operations
Wallet Links
- Bitcoin.org: Bitcoin Core Wallet
- Bitcoin.org: Types of Wallets and their Function
- Bitcoin Guides – centered around Bitcoin Core Wallet.
- Moving Bitcoin Core, how to change the directory where it stores the blockchain?
- Google: software bitcoin wallet software
- How to import your Bitcoins to Electrum
- Google: software bitcoin wallet software
Bitcoin BlockChain restoration and porting
- Google: bitcoin core move blockchain to another computer
- Is it possible to transfer blockchain data from one machine to another? Yes.
- How to use bitcoind without downloading whole bitcoin core(500+ GB) – this page talks about conf settings.
Wallet Porting
Notes
Using Wallet. dat File:
Locate your wallet. dat file on your computer.
Copy it into the Bitcoin Core folder on your computer.
Open the Bitcoin Core Wallet, and it should recognize the wallet and restore access?.
WordPress Prevent Direct Access of Uploaded Files
Research Links
- Google: wordpress "configure file protection" – Note 1
- Google: wordpress plugin encrypted file upload – yields: WordPress plugins that can help with file encryption and security:
Note 1
To configure file protection in WordPress, you can use the Prevent Direct Access (PDA) plugin:
- Install and activate the PDA plugin
- Go to the Media Library List View
- Select the file you want to protect
- Click Configure file protection
- Click Protect this file
The PDA plugin protects WordPress files from unwanted users and search engines. It also prevents them from indexing and stealing documents, videos, and ebooks



