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These guidelines are very brief and require someone with Linux experience to execute correctly.

Step 1

Determine the kernel hardware label for the new disk.

After connecting the new disk to the server and rebooting, login to the server using a console and type;

sudo fdisk -l

This command will list all the disks attached and the kernel label used.

Step 2

Create a linux partition on the new disk.

Assuming that you identified the new disk as /dev/sdb, from step 1 above, then type the following to create a single linux partition on the new disk;

sudo -i

parted /dev/sdb mkpart primary

parted /dev/sdb print

Step 3

Make a linux filesystem on the new disk.

Step 2 above should have created a single primary linux partition on the disk.

Type the following to create an ext4 file system on the disk;

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

Step 4

Make a mount point on the linux file system for the new disk.

Step 5

Mount the new disk to the mount point on the linux file system.

Definitions

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdisk
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parted
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkfs
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab

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• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ext4
• https://ext4.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Ext4_Howto

References

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive
• http://www.ghacks.net/2009/09/10/add-a-second-drive-to-your-ubuntu-server
• http://www.howtogeek.com/106873/how-to-use-fdisk-to-manage-partitions-on-linux