Your Question: How Do I Add Storage to Linux?
Contents How Do I Add More Storage to Linux? to Achieve This, You Need to Perform Three Simple Steps: 2.1 Create a Mount Point. Sudo Mkdir /Hdd. 2.2 Edit...
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How do I add more storage to Linux?
To achieve this, you need to perform three simple steps:
- 2.1 Create a mount point. sudo mkdir /hdd.
- 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.
- 2.3 Mount partition. Last step and you’re done! sudo mount /hdd.
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How do I add more space to an existing partition in Linux?
How to do it…
- Select the partition with plenty of free space.
- Choose the Partition | Resize/Move menu option and a Resize/Move window is displayed.
- Click on the left-hand side of the partition and drag it to the right so that the free space is reduced by half.
- Click on Resize/Move to queue the operation.