# Add data disk

I'm trying to add a 1TB SSD drive to banky, connected to the mainboard,
to use it as a data disk.

I used `fdisk -l` to list the connected disks. The SSD already appeared
there.

I then partitioned this disk with `fdisk /dev/sda/` (/dev/sda was the
given name for the disk. The exact name for your case can be checked by
running `fdisk -l`). The command for partitioning is `n`.

Now it's time for formatting. After some reading, apparently the right
choice for a linux data disk would to use `ext4`. But bear in mind this
is not compatible with windows and macos. If you have a disk that would
like to use across different OS systems, you can pick `fat32`.

To format, pick the partition (you can find it with `lsblk`) and use the 
mkfs command.

Well that was the theory, because it didn't work for me. I ended up using
Debian's GUI disk tool. Two clicks and done.

Finally, the disk needs to be mounted. To do so on every boot, you need 
to add a line like this one to `/etc/fstab`.

```
UUID=66d23b74-677d-4122-8e67-4bc88ea03b18     /media/data_disk/   auto    rw,user,auto    0    0
```

Where the UUID should be one for the disk (you can find it out with `blkid`
or some other of the disk utilities) and the path should exist.