Storage

To add a new drive as storage on Linux, first use one of these commands to check if the device (sda in this example) is mounted

lsblk
findmnt

mount | grep "sda"

sudo fdisk /dev/sda

fdisk commands (m for help):

1. p Print the current partition table
2. g Create a new empty GPT partition table
3. n Add a new partition
4. Press RET to use the default x3 (“partition number”, “first sector”, “last sector”)
5. Type Y if it ask about existing partitions on the disk (nothing is final until the w command)
6. w Write the changes

/mnt/storage as an example

sudo mkdir /mnt/storage

Mount sda1 to the mount point directory

sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/storage

Make sure sda1 has /mnt/storage as mount point

lsblk

Unmount the drive

sudo umount /dev/sda1

Backup the original file beforehand

sudoedit /etc/fstab

The mount(8) manual has a section about the mount options under FILESYSTEM-INDEPENDENT MOUNT OPTIONS

# <file system>  <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=ba13a47f-c3a5-4821-b60f-c40418666b46 /mnt/storage ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,nofail 0 0

Make sure the mount command does not return any errors

sudo mount -a

Check if the drive was successfully mounted

mount | grep "storage"