====== How To Format a New Drive on Linux ======

1. Open a terminal.

2. Use the ''fdisk'' tool to find your disk:

<code>sudo fdisk -l</code>

3. Search the output for the disk path that maps to your new drive. It should read something like ''/dev/sda'' for SATA disks or ''/dev/nvmen0p0'' for NVMe disks. Replace ''/dev/sda'' in the remaining commands with the path for your disk.

4. Create a filesystem on the new disk (e.g. for ext4):

<code>sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda</code>

5. Create a new directory to mount your disk to; replace "new_disk" with whatever name you want:

<code>sudo mkdir /mnt/new_disk</code>

6. Mount the disk to your new mount point:

<code>sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sda /mnt/new_disk</code>

7. Grant your user ownership of the new disk:

<code>sudo chown my_user: /mnt/new_disk; sudo chmod 755 /mnt/new_disk</code>

8. Use ''blkid'' to find your disk's UUID:

<code>sudo blkid</code>

Search the output for the line that maps to your disk's path.

9. Open ''/etc/fstab'' in your favorite text editor with root privileges, e.g. vim:

<code>sudo vim /etc/fstab</code>

10. Add the following line to the end of the file (this will make sure your disk mounts at boot):

<code>UUID=whatever-blkid-gave-me /mnt/new_disk ext4 defaults 0 0</code>

11. You're done!