90-disk-management.md

Annex B. - Disk Management

• Install parted :

$> sudo apt-get install -y parted

• List all drives and identify yours :

$> lsblk --fs

• Partition the drive :

$> sudo parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt

• Create a new partition :

$> sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%

• Create file system on the new partition :

$> sudo mkfs.ext4 -L <partition_name> /dev/sda1

• Rename the partition (if needed) :

$> sudo e2label  /dev/sda1 <new_partition_name>

• Create a folder to be the mounting point :

⚠️ for testing only, incompatible with NFS configuration !

$> sudo mkdir -p /mnt/<partition_name>

• Mount the filesystem :

⚠️ for testing only, incompatible with NFS configuration !

$> sudo mount -o defaults /dev/sda1 /mnt/<partition_name>

• Automatically mount the filesystem at boot:

⚠️ for testing only, incompatible with NFS configuration !

$> sudo nano /etc/fstab
# add this line to the end of the file :
/dev/sda1 /mnt/<partition_name> ext4 defaults 0 2