Linux Disks

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fdisk -l  | grep '^Disk'; # list drives
file -s /dev/sdd; # list device sdd details
fsck /dev/sdd; # check device sdd

fdisk /dev/sdd; # partition drive
# 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

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdd; # format as ext3 (change for other types)

mkdir /mnt/ext1; # make dir to mount drive within

mount -t ext3 /dev/sdd /mnt/ext1

umount /mnt/ext1