Monthly Archives: January 2016

Ubuntu Server – Adding a new Hard Disk

First find the drive mounting point, usually located in /dev. In this example, /dev/sdd is the new disk.

sudo fdisk -l

Create a new partition on the drive

sudo fdisk /dev/sdd

Once in fdisk, press the following

  • d – to delete any partitions you want removed
  • n – create a new partition
  • defaults for partition number, start and end sectors on disk
  • w – write partition changes

Next format the disk

sudo mkfs /dev/sdd1 -t ext4

Create a mount point for the disk

cd /mnt
sudo mkdir sdd1
sudo chmod 777 sdd1
sudo chown  currentuser -R sdd1

Mount the disk

sudo mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt/sdd1 -t ext4

Edit fstab file

sudo vi /etc/fstab

add the line

/dev/sdd1 /mnt/sdd1 ext4 defaults 0 0

save the file and then

sudo mount -a

Reference: http://mikestechblog.com/ubuntu-antenna/add-a-second-hard-drive-in-ubuntu/1/