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Adding a Harddrive

Im new to linux, and im having some issues adding a new harddrive, im using Redhat 9. I have no clue how to go about this, i google'd it and most of the result i found were confusing, and the others i attempted to do gave me no results. if anyone could help it would be much appreciated.

Plug it in. Boot.
(For all the next commands, you need to be root: )
List the disks installed:

Code:

fdisk -l

Work out which is your new one (Eg /dev/sdb )
Partition it:

Code:

fdisk /dev/sdb

Write the partition information and quit fdisk
Format it (Eg as ext3)

Code:

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1

Make a mountpoint and mount it at your mountpoint:

Code:

mkdir /media/newdisk

mount  -t  ext3  /dev/sdb1  /media/newdisk

Quit being root, and use your new disk.
If you want it to be mounted at boot time, you'll need to make an entry for it in /etc/fstab

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