asked on

New Harddrive added, how do i format and label it? Very Simple

Hello,
I have a very simple question. i added a new harddrive in CentOS. I want to format it and name it as /backup . How do i do that? Can you please provide the command. i have access to SSH shell and graphical console but i prefer to do this through SSH. Also, the drive might have already been formated (it's brand new drive, maybe formated with FAT32 or something).

thanks,
Michael

wesly_chen

Say your new partition is /dev/hdb1, then as root
# e2label /dev/hdb1 /backup
# mkdir /backup
# echo "LABEL=/backup /backup ext3 defaults 1 2" >> /etc/fstab

wesly_chen

> maybe formated with FAT32 or something).
Please post the result of the following command here:
# fdisk -l

MichaelPro

ASKER

Here it is:
------------------------------------------------------------
[root@cpanel ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 64.4 GB, 64423526400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7832 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 7832 62806117+ 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/hdb: 64.4 GB, 64423526400 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 124828 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

Disk /dev/hdb doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@cpanel ~]#
------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks!

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

wesly_chen

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

MichaelPro

ASKER

Thanks,
it worked with slight modification

# fdisk /dev/hdb
n
Enter
p
Enter
enter partition number (1-4): <-- for one partition press 1
Enter (for default maximum available size)
Enter (for default maximum available size)
(Maybe another Enter)
w
# /sbin/mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1
# e2label /dev/hdb1 /backup
# mkdir /backup
# echo "LABEL=/backup /backup ext3 defaults 1 2" >> /etc/fstab
# mount /backup

thanks,!

wesly_chen

Thanks for post the correct solution.