Add hard drive into Linux Mint 21.1 Vera/Ubuntu/Debian This is a condensed version on how to add hard disk into Linux Mint/Ubuntu/Debian. First check hard drives in the system, like so: $: sudo lshw -C disk It should show (partial data only) like this: *-disk:1 description: ATA Disk product: WDC WD3200AAKX-0 vendor: Western Digital physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 1H15 serial: WD-WMC2E0871450 size: 298GiB (320GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=e32ff1f9 Using parted , let's now configure the harddisk/partition $: sudo parted /dev/sdb In parted prompt, create a new GPT partition table (parted) mklabel gpt Change the default unit to GB (parted) unit GB Create one partition occupying all the space on the drive (parted) mkpart primary ext4 0 100% Check to verify the layout (parted) print It should show somethi
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