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# Adding a new disk to debian
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I'm adding a new HDD to Frankie, so I'll take the chances to note down the process for future disk additions.
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First, let's find the disk. It should appear in the list of existing disks by running:
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```bash
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sudo fdisk -l
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```
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It should show with an id such as `/dev/sda`. If the disk is new, it won't show any partitions.
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To create a new partition, run `fdisk <id of the disk>`. For example, `fdisk /dev/sda`.
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Then click `n` to create a new partition, `p` for primary, a number, and set the size (just press enter to use all
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available space).
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Finally, you can use `p` to check the final state and `w` to confirm the changes and write them to disk.
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If you want to format the disk as `ext4`, you can run:
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`sudo mkfs -t ext4 <id of the partition>`
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You can check the final result with `lsblk -f.`
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