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## find the location of the drive using `lsblk`
- ex. `/dev/sdb`
## make a new partition on the disk
- `fdisk /dev/[location of hdd]`
- ex. `fdisk /dev/sdb`
- `n` to make a new partiton
`w` to save changes
## confirm that new partition was created
- `lsblk`
- ex. `/dev/sdb1`
## make a file system on the partiton
- `mkfs -t ext4 /dev/[location of partition]`
- ex. `mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1`
## make directory to mount HDD
- `sudo mkdir /mnt/hdd`
## get uuid for drive to be mounted
- `lsblk -fs`
## make a backup of /etc/fstab
- `sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bk`
## add new harddrive to /etc/fstab
- `sudo nano /etc/fstab`
- add the line `UUID=[drive UUID] [mount location] ext4 defaults,auto,rw 0 0`
- ex. `UUID=4579acc6-e00d-433b-8087-0a75506e7a9c /mnt/hdd ext4 defaults,auto,rw 0 0`
## restart system to confirm that drive mounts at boot