partitions.md

Adding a partition with free space

fdisk /dev/sda
    p  # To display the partition table
    n  # To create a new partition
    First   Sector: # type in the end of the last partition. Then take the default suggestion (start of the last block + 1 + 2048)
    Last    Sector: # Hit enter, take the default suggestion of the last block.

# after restart:
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda9  # or ext4
mkdir /location/var
mount /dev/sda9 /location/var


# add to fstab
vi /etc/fstab
# add line:
/dev/sda9 /location/var ext4 defauts 1 2  # ext3 can be mounted as ext4