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Santhosh Balasa
Santhosh Balasa

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Mounting a new disk in Linux

#disk #mount #linux #storage

-> How to mount a new disk in Linux ?

#Create a partition sudo fdisk /dev/sdb #Verify using lsblk sdb 8:16 0 2G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 2G 0 part / #Create a filesystem sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 #Mount it sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /kafka #Verify using lsblk sdb 8:16 0 2G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 0 2G 0 part /kafka
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-> How to bind a folder to this new disk and keep its data ?

sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /obs_parser #Bind sudo mount -o bind /vagrant /obs_parser #Edit /etc/fstab entry (optional) /vagrant /obs_parser none defaults,bind 0 0 #lsblk sdc 8:32 0 41G 0 disk └─sdc1 8:33 0 41G 0 part /obs_parser
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