Installing LINK Software to Hard Drive

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Like many people I bought a LINK and the first thing I did was buy a hard drive to use with it rather than booting from the USB key. What I am documenting here is how I loaded the image from Neuros to the HDD so that other can benefit. Please feel free to add to this.

[edit] Requirements

  1. HDD installed
  2. Same requirements as the Linux Restore Path instructions.
  3. gparted installed (covered below)

[edit] Steps

  1. Install the HDD to your LINK box.
  2. Insert the USB key with the LINK image.
  3. Boot the LINK and press Del to enter the BIOS setup screen.
  4. When I installed my HDD it became the device the LINK would try to boot from. To boot from the USB key in order to restore the HDD you need to make the following changes in the BIOS.
    1. Select the Boot menu.
    2. Select Hard Disk Drives.
    3. Make USB: Crucial Gizmo! the 1st drive.
    4. Check that the Crucial Gizmo is listed as boot option 2 in the Boot Device Priority menu.
    5. Press F10 to save and exit.
  5. Let the system boot from the USB key.
  6. Close the Firefox browser that opens.
  7. Follow the Linux Restore Path instructions using the HDD device instead of the USB key.
    • You can usually identify which device is the HDD by looking at the devices listed in /proc/paritions.
    • Don't forget to install the partimage utility. You may need to setup your proxy in order to download this utility. You can do that through the System->Preferences->Network Proxy utility.
  8. When the restore is done install gparted
    • sudo apt-get install gparted
  9. Run gparted
    • sudo gparted
  10. Select the HDD that you restored the image to.
  11. Right-click the second partition (which is the ROOT partition) and select Resize/Move
  12. Specify New Size to whatever you want. In my case I said the max size.
  13. Click Edit and select Apply all operations
  14. Select Apply when warned
  15. When the operations are done reboot the LINK and press Del to enter the BIOS setup.
  16. Go to the Boot menu and select Hard Disk Drives
  17. Set the HDD as the 1st Drive
  18. Press F10 to save and exit
  19. Remove the USB key
  20. The system should now boot from the HDD.
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