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Adding additional disk in Ubuntu 20.04

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Adding additional disk in Ubuntu 20.04

Check if disk is physically / virtually added to the system

lshw -C disk

Look for the `logical name`

e.g.

  *-disk:1
       description: SCSI Disk
       ...
       logical name: /dev/sdb
       ...
       size: 128GiB (137GB)
       capacity: 510GiB (547GB)
      ...

Use fdisk to create new partition

fdisk /dev/sdb

Use mkfs to create new file system

sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1

Create new directory and mount filesystem

sudo mkdir /tmp-mount
mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp-mount
OR
# edit /etc/fstab and execute 
mount -a

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Adding additional disk in Ubuntu 20.04

Check if disk is physically / virtually added to the system

Look for the `logical name`

Use fdisk to create new partition

Use mkfs to create new file system

Create new directory and mount filesystem

nanusdad/adding-new-disk-ubuntu-20.04.md

Adding additional disk in Ubuntu 20.04

Check if disk is physically / virtually added to the system

Look for the logical name

Use fdisk to create new partition

Use mkfs to create new file system

Create new directory and mount filesystem

Look for the `logical name`