How do I partition and mount a 3TB Hard Disk using the terminal?
I have a 3TB Hard disk which I wish to mount as a single partition under Ubuntu 11.10 server Because it is over 2TB I know there are some issues with this. I'm unsure of what I need to do to make this happen.
I need to do this via the terminal because I am using the server edition
Solution 1:
Use parted
it might be a bit complicated, so read up on the internet (official manual) or man parted
. Some commands to get started:
parted /dev/sdX # substitute with your drive (and you prolly need sudo)
> mklabel gpt # makes a new gpt partition table, afaik needed for >2TB
> mkpart pri 1 -1 # makes a new primary partition from start to end,
# note there are only primary partitions on gpt
afterwards format your partition, not exactly sure about the command in ubuntu, try
mkfs --type ext4 /dev/sdXY
for an ext4 partition.
That should suffice to make you able mount the partition.
Solution 2:
I did it using these 2 apps:
-
gdisk
(notfdisk
) to create the initial partition, followed by - the
mkfs.ext4
command from thee2fsprogs
package to format it
Solution 3:
Use Gparted to partition & make a ext4 partition and you will be fine.