ML computers setup

Linux distribution installed: Ubuntu 16.04 (2017)

Partition made for machine learning:MachineLearning

• In Windows: Disk Management -> Resize DataStorage
• Create new ext4 patition

Mounting the partition automatically:

Get the UUID of the learning:MachineLearning partition

sudo blkid

Add partition to fstab:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

• Add at the bottom these two lines:
• UUID=(id of the MachineLearning partition) /media/interactionstation/MachineLearning ext4 rw,suid,dev,auto,user,async,exec 0 2
• UUID=(id of the DataStorage partition) /media/interactionstation/DataStorage ntfs-3g defaults=en_US.UTF-8 0 0

• The parameters mounting the MachineLearning partition solved this problem running caffe from that partition:
• https://github.com/rbgirshick/py-faster-rcnn/issues/162
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/678857/fstab-doesnt-mount-with-exec

Give writing permissions to new MachineLearning partition

sudo chmod -R a+rwx /media/MachineLearning/

• Need extra space? Extending the partition

https://askubuntu.com/questions/492054/how-to-extend-my-root-partition

Other options:

NTFS fstab wizard:

sudo apt-get install ntfs-config
sudo ntfs-config

Format large capacity HD with fs ExFat for having access to it from Ubuntu:

• On Windows 10:

cmd
diskpart

• select disk '#' (where # is the number of the target drive)

list part

• select part # (where # is the number of the partition)

format fs=exfat QUICK

• automount external exfat drive in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install exfat-utils exfat-fuse