Provisioning and Installing a New Filesystem on a New Logical Volume: Difference between revisions

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=Procedure=
=Procedure=


Create a new partition on the new block storage. We assume the entire block storage is exposed as a single partition. The unpartitioned storage device is listed in /proc/partitions. Use [[fdisk]] or [[sfdisk]].
Create a new partition on the new block storage. We assume the entire block storage is available, so we won't partition it but we will use it in its entirety. If partitioning is required, use use [[fdisk]] or [[sfdisk]].
 
<pre>
# fdisk /dev/sdb
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2).
 
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
 
Device does not contain a recognized partition table
Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x11803ea4.
 
Command (m for help): n
Partition type:
  p  primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
  e  extended
Select (default p): p
Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
First sector (2048-104857599, default 2048):
Using default value 2048
Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-104857599, default 104857599):
Using default value 104857599
Partition 1 of type Linux and of size 50 GiB is set
 
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered!
 
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Syncing disks.
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Revision as of 22:59, 23 May 2017

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Procedure

Create a new partition on the new block storage. We assume the entire block storage is available, so we won't partition it but we will use it in its entirety. If partitioning is required, use use fdisk or sfdisk.

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