Thursday, July 20, 2006
HOWTO: Configure New Hard Drive in Linux
Let's assume that new hard drive is istalled as /dev/sdc. Following actions perform as root.
# fdisk /dev/sdc
Format as ext3 filesystem
# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdc
# cd /
# mkdir u02
Mount new drive on mount point /u02
# mount /dev/sdc /u02
Then add a line in /etc/fstab for example, where "3" is next available number:
#/dev/sdc /u02 ext3 defaults 1 3
# fdisk /dev/sdc
Format as ext3 filesystem
# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdc
# cd /
# mkdir u02
Mount new drive on mount point /u02
# mount /dev/sdc /u02
Then add a line in /etc/fstab for example, where "3" is next available number:
#/dev/sdc /u02 ext3 defaults 1 3
