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Format the newly added hard disk in linux and mount it to the directory

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Requirements: Add a new hard disk sdb, partition the sdb into only one partition, format it, and mount it to the directory /ssd.

1. Check the existing partition status

 # df –l

As shown in the picture, The sdb hard disk is not seen

2. Check the status of the hard disk installed on the server (including formatted and unformatted)

# fdisk –l

The picture shows that there is an sdb hard disk, but there are no partitions.

3. Add a new partition

 # fdisk /dev/sdb

Enter in the red box below

N Enter

P Enter

1 Enter

Enter twice

W Enter

Use the following command to view the partition

# fdisk –l

The red box in the picture shows that there is one more partition , but not formatted yet.

4. Format partition

# mkfs -t ext4 -c /dev/sdb1
-t Determine what type of disk you want to format the disk into
-c Create a file system Checking for bad sectors in the past may be time-consuming. New hard disks generally do not require

5. Mount a new hard disk

In the root directory, create a folder. The partition will be mounted on this folder later. If you want to save things to the new hard disk in the future, just save it in the new folder.

# mkdir /ssd

Mount the hard disk

# mount /dev/sdb1 /ssd

 

6. Let the system automatically mount this hard disk when it boots up

# echo "/dev/sda1 /data ext4 defaults 0 0">>/etc/fstaba

 

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