====== Add New Disk in Linux ======
===== Check Disk is installed =====
fdisk -l|grep Disk
===== Partition Disk =====
Assuming new disk is ''sdc''
fdisk /dev/sdc
Commands
p - to print the partition table
n - to create new
w - to write
===== Make file system =====
Assume you created a single partition on sdc1
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdc1
===== Reserve 1% for root =====
tune2fs -m 1 /dev/sdc1
===== Create file system =====
Create Mount directory
mkdir /home1
===== Get Disk UUID =====
blkid|grep /dev/sdc1
===== Make entry in fstab to automount =====
Add line to /etc/fstab:
# New 2 TB Hard Disk
UUID=d1bff2fd-537b-40fb-8981-cb59bd8e1221 /home1 ext4 defaults 0 2
Mount with
mount -a
Check with
df -Ph
Test with
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/home1/sample.txt bs=1G count=1