Santhosh Balasa
Posted on May 31, 2021
-> 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
-> 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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Santhosh Balasa
Posted on May 31, 2021
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