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To allocate the disk for recording, run the command as a root.

sudo su

fdisk -l

where

• /dev/sda—the first physical disk;
• /dev/sda1—the first partition of the first physical disk;
• /dev/sda2—the second partition of the first physical disk;
• dev/sdb—the second physical disk.

To delete the disk partition, do the following:

1. Go to the disk on which you want to delete a partition.

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   fdisk /dev/sdb

   
   

2. Delete the partition.

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   d

   
   

3. Specify the partition number.

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   2

   
   

4. Save the changes.

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   w

   
   

To create apartition, do the following:

1. Go to the disk on which you want to create a partition.

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   fdisk /dev/sdb

   
   

2. Create the partition.

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   n

   
   

3. Specify the partition type: primary (p) or extended (e).

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   p

   
   

4. Specify the partition number.

   
   

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   1

   
   

5. Specify the partition size. G—gigabytes, M—megabytes, K—kilobytes.

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   +5G

   
   

6. Save the changes.

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   w

   
   

To create the archive as a disk, do the following:

1. Create a new archive in the Axxon One Client (see Creating a local archive).
2. Select the archive volume.
3. Specify the path to partition in the address window. For example: /dev/sdb1. If it is required to use the whole disk as an archive, specify the /dev/sdc, /dev/sdd, and so on.

4. Set the Format checkbox and click the Apply button.

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   title Attention!
   At this point you cannot change the archive size.