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