Your Question: How Do I Add Storage to Linux?
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How do I add more storage to Linux?

To achieve this, you need to perform three simple steps:

  1. 2.1 Create a mount point. sudo mkdir /hdd.
  2. 2.2 Edit /etc/fstab. Open /etc/fstab file with root permissions: sudo vim /etc/fstab. And add following to the end of the file: /dev/sdb1 /hdd ext4 defaults 0 0.
  3. 2.3 Mount partition. Last step and you’re done! sudo mount /hdd.

How do I add more space to an existing partition in Linux?

How to do it…

  1. Select the partition with plenty of free space.
  2. Choose the Partition | Resize/Move menu option and a Resize/Move window is displayed.
  3. Click on the left-hand side of the partition and drag it to the right so that the free space is reduced by half.
  4. Click on Resize/Move to queue the operation.
Alexander Ross

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