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====== 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!