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How to use Amazon EC2 as a desktop computer with persistent home directory with Ubuntu 9.04 and Electronic Block Store #ubuntu #jaunty #freenx #ec2
September 14
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start up the instance: visit AWS console https://console.aws.amazon.com/ and start instance ami-caf615a3 (32 bit ubuntu 9.04 desktop) small ($.085) or high-cpu medium ($.17) recommended
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first time: create an EBS volume (in the same region, 10-100gb is okay) and attach to the instance on /dev/sdf
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connect to the instance as root through ssh
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partition the disk: cfdisk /dev/sdf
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format the partition: mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdf1
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mount the partition: mount /dev/sdf1 /home
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update the system and setup users (encrypted home dir doesn't seem to work): apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y && user-setup
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connect with freenx client such as qtnx http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty... (from the local system) sudo apt-get install qtnx
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when finished, save the volume to a snapshot. for future sessions, load the volume from snapshot, after user setup
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ami is from http://alestic.com/
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