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Disk addition in LINUX 5.2

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by shanghai sam

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I have installed linux 5.2 and now i have got a new harddisk ,how to add that and
what is the command to be used with fdisk it is not showing the second disk (hdc)and what is the command

THanks in advance

avm

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by cronauer

Before you can access the HD you have to format, create a filesystem and mount the filesys. to a certain point (mountpoint) in your existing filesystem.
There are different integrated tools included in the distributions (e.g. the suse tool is called yast) which are easy to use to perform all the needed actions. Otherwise you have to use the CL commands e.g. newfs, format, mkfs, mount, umount...

by brianbarber

First, make sure that the jumpers are set correctly and that you don't have two master drives in the same controller.

Second, the command is fdisk /dev/hdc

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