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1. 1st time it need formating
   1. Browser: Create volume , using 'Volumes', pick 300GB (it is small and not pricy)
   2. Browser: right click on the volume, attache it to running Instance of VM, remember name, e.g.: /dev/sdf
2. ssh to VM
   1. partition this disk , e.g. using fdisk
      • fdisk /dev/sdf
        n : new partition
        p : primary
        1 : partion #1
        1 : (default begin)
        enter : (default end)
        p : print
        w : write partition
   2. format disk using mkfs
      mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdf1 ('1' is partition selected earlier)
      agrre on any question by pressing 'enter'
   3. mount disk as home dir named storage
      mkdir /storage
      mount /dev/sdf1 /storage
      cd /storage
      ls

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      SCP file from AMI to local machine
      

      scp -i ~/janAmazonKey.pem root@ec2-174-129-63-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com:"/bla_lis" .
      

You are done. Well, you need to pay for it. This is my 1st bill:

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Bundling/spawning AMI

1. copy X.509 certificate
   scp -i ~/janAmazonKey.pem ~/pk-KL6G2VUC25RUKKMKXUPTKRHHPAAM5Z3C.pem ~/cert-KL6G2VUC25RUKKMKXUPTKRHHPAAM5Z3C.pem root@ec2-174-129-63-11.compute-1.amazonaws.com:"/mnt/"
   
2. bundle external image
   ec2-bundle-vol -d /mnt -k /mnt/pk-KL6G2VUC25RUKKMKXUPTKRHHPAAM5Z3C.pem -c /mnt/certKL6G2VUC25RUKKMKXUPTKRHHPAAM5Z3C.pem -u AKIAJATKPFP7TANBRIAA -r i386 -p star-sl08b-image -v /bla_image --generate-fstab