How To Partition Drives On Ubuntu 20
The guidance below details the steps to parition a drive on a new Ubuntu 20 server.
List the available drives:
$ sudo fdisk -l
Unmounted paritions will be shown. To partition a drive: (replace /dev/sdb with the drive)
$ parted /dev/sdb
(parted) mklabel gpt
(parted) unit TB
(parted) mkpart primary 0 100%
(parted) print
(parted) quit
Mount the drive@
$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb
$ mkdir /data
$ mkdir /data/sdb
$ mount /dev/sdb /data/sdb
Ensure it's mounted after a reboot:
$ sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.old
$ sudo blkid
# note the id of the mount
sudo nano /etc/fstab
# copy the line to the end of the file and save
UUID=wdf9a2eb-3d13-4817-9647-b34bd297c51e /data/sdb auto nosuid,nodev,nofail,x-gvfs-show 0 0
# test with:
$ sudo mount -a
# reboot if the paritions mount ok
$ reboot