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

  1. Installing exfat-utils    – to allow a windows compatible file syste to be written by fdisk under linux command:   sudo fdisk exfat /dev/sdc1
  2. 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?

Bitcoin and Other Crypto Wallet Notes

Bitcoin Wallet Operations

Wallet Links

Bitcoin BlockChain restoration and porting

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 

Note 1

To configure file protection in WordPress, you can use the Prevent Direct Access (PDA) plugin

  1. Install and activate the PDA plugin 
  2. Go to the Media Library List View 
  3. Select the file you want to protect 
  4. Click Configure file protection 
  5. 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