FDISK UTILITY
FDISK
Whenever user add
HDD and wants to use it, he cannot directly use the same before creating partition.
To make partition, FDISK utility is used.
1. Add HDD
2. Use FDISK
UTILITY
a. fdisk -l
To see all HDD
b. fdisk /dev/sdb
‘sdb’ is a name of
device
c. Press m [To see the options]
d. Press n [To create new partition]
e. Press p [To print partition]
f. Press 1
g. Press ENTER
h. Enter Size of Partition. E.g.
+10G
i. Press m
j. Press p
k. Press m
l. Press w [To write table]
3. Format
partition with filesystem
mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
4. Mount The
partition
a. Temporary Mount:
mkdir -p /mnt/storage
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/storage
b. Permanent Mount:
i. vim /etc/fstab
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/storage auto defaults 0 0
ii. mount -a
5. Test the mount
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