35 lines
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35 lines
1.1 KiB
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## 1. Find the location of the drive using `lsblk`
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- ex. `/dev/sdb`
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## 2. Make a new partition on the disk
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1. `fdisk /dev/[location of hdd]`
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- ex. `fdisk /dev/sdb`
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2. `n` to make a new partiton
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3. `w` to save changes
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## 3. Confirm that the new partition was created
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- `lsblk`
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- ex. `/dev/sdb1`
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## 4. Make a file system on the new 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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## 5. Make a directory to mount HDD to
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- `sudo mkdir /mnt/hdd`
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## 6. Get the UUID for the drive to be mounted
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- `lsblk -fs`
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## 7. Make a backup of /etc/fstab
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- `sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bk`
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- In case anything goes wrong you can restore this backup version
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- `sudo cp /etc/fstab.bk /etc/fstab`
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## 8. Add the new harddrive to /etc/fstab so that it is automatically mounted when the system boots
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1. `sudo nano /etc/fstab`
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2. 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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## 9. Restart the system to confirm that drive mounts at boot
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