How to aad a new disk in linux

Getting Started:

1. Check to see how many drives are installed: You can do this using the fdisk command.
   

   [root@default]# fdisk -l | grep '^Disk'

   
   You should output similar to the following:
   
   

   Disk /dev/sda: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes Disk /dev/sdb: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes

   
   A device name refers to the entire hard disk. For more information see Linux partition naming convention and IDE drive mappings .
   To partition the disk - /dev/sdb, enter:
   
   

   [root@default]# fdisk /dev/sdb The basic fdisk commands you need are: m - print help p - print the partition table n - create a new partition d - delete a partition q - quit without saving changes w - write the new partition table and exit

   
   

2. Format the new disk using mkfs.ext3 command:
   
   To format Linux partions using ext2fs on the new disk, issue the following command:
   
   

   [root@default]#mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1

   
   
3. Mount the new disk using the mount command:
   
   First, you'll need to create a mount point. We'll use /disk1. This is where we'll mount /dev/sdb1. Enter the following commands:
   
   

   	[root@default]# mkdir /disk1 [root@default]# mount /dev/sdb1 /disk1

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5. Edit /etc/fstab so the new drive will automatically mount to /disk1 on reboot
   
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