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Format and mount a new filesystem in Linux
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format-mount-fs.sh
# Get the device identifier of the device, which is the one that currently does not have a valid partition table.
fdisk -l
# Use fdisk to create a new primary Linux partition, which takes up all of the available space.
fdisk /dev/sdb
# Make a new ext4 filesystem within the new partition.
mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb1
# Get the UUID of the new filesystem.
blkid /dev/sdb1
# Add a new line to /etc/fstab (see other file).
vim /etc/fstab
# Mount the new filesystem.
mount /data
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fstab
UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX /data ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
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