I just installed the new version of ClearOS 6.4 server on my Virtualbox. I do love ClearOS as my favorite server appliance for my office and home network. On this tutorial, I am going to show you how to add new hard disk and format it on ClearOS 6.4 server. This hard disk will be used to store data on the server.
Steps to add new hard disk to ClearOS Server
1. Connect the hard disk to the computer/server and boot up ClearOS
2. Now login to ClearOS server via ssh or putty (Windows).
3. Type fdisk -l to see the hard disk connected to your server
[root@server ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 16.1 GB, 16106127360 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000e21d6Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 64 1959 15215616 8e Linux LVMDisk /dev/sdb: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
On the example above, the 2nd hard disk is recognized as /dev/sdb
3. Create partition and format the disk
fdik /dev/sdb
Press "n" to create new partition
press "p" to create primary partition
Press '1" to create 1 primary partition and
Press "w" to write change to the disk
Command (m for help): n
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p1
Partition number (1-4): 1
First cylinder (1-1044, default 1):
Using default value 1
Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-1044, default 1044):
Using default value 1044Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
Now you have 1 primary partition on your new disk. Now we need to format and mount it
fdisk -l
Now you should see your new partition listed
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1044 8385898+ 83 Linux
Format the /dev/sdb1
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
The command above will format the partition using ext3 file format.
Mount the partition
mkdir /mnt/disk2
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk2
The command will mount the disk into new directory /mnt/disk2