Mounting A Linux Disk Device (EBS)

mountdisk.sh

sudo su -                            # operation requires root privileges

lsblk                                # to see devices and mounts, MOUNTPOINT is empty for the new device
NEW_DEVICE=xvdf                      # change as appropriate

# to mount a new device
file -s /dev/${NEW_DEVICE}           # will display "data" if no file system is present
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/${NEW_DEVICE}      # will install ext4 on device
mkdir /filesystem
mount /dev/${NEW_DEVICE} /filesystem

# to unmount the device
umount -d /dev/${NEW_DEVICE}