Mount New Hardisk in Ubuntu

Mount New Hardisk

1. Mount New Hardisk via virtual or physical
2. Restart the server.

Determine Drive Information
# lshw -C disk
 It will display the hardisk that you mount

Command Line Partitioning

1. Initiate fdisk with the following command:# fdisk /dev/sdb
2. m  then you can see the menu as below
   
3. choose n -> add new partition
4. then choose p -> for primary partition
5. then choose 1 -> Since this will be the only partition on the drive, number 1. Enter "1" and enter
6. Now that the partition is entered, choose option "w" to write the partition table to the disk. Type "w" and enter.
   
   

Command Line Formatting
Use "ext3" if the drive will only be used with Ubuntu. For file-sharing between Ubuntu and Windows, you should use "fat32."
# mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1

Create A Mount Point

# cd /      ---> go to root path

# mkdir data

OR
# mkdir /data

Mount driver

#nano /etc/fstab

-> add another line with new logical name and directory. 

# mount -a

# df -h 

if duplicate name... you can unmount and mount it back.

# unmount -a 

# mount -a

Ref : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive