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Create the partition having 100MB size and mount it on /mnt/neo

1. Use fdisk /dev/hda To create new partition. 2. Type n For New partitions 3. It will ask for Logical or Primary Partitions. Press l for logical. 4. It will ask for the Starting Cylinder: Use the Default by pressing Enter Key. 5. Type the Size: +100M You can Specify either Last

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Create the partition having 100MB size and mount it on /mnt/neo

Explanation

  1. Use fdisk /dev/hda To create new partition.
  2. Type n For New partitions
  3. It will ask for Logical or Primary Partitions. Press l for logical.
  4. It will ask for the Starting Cylinder: Use the Default by pressing Enter Key.
  5. Type the Size: +100M You can Specify either Last cylinder of Size here.
  6. Press P to verify the partitions lists and remember the partitions name.
  7. Press w to write on partitions table.
  8. Either Reboot or use partprobe command.
  9. Use mkfs -t ext3 /dev/hda? ->Where ? is your partition number
  10. Or
  11. mke2fs -j /dev/hda? To create ext3 filesystem.
  12. mkdir /mnt/neo
  13. vi /etc/fstab
  14. Write:
  15. /dev/hda? /mnt/neo ext3 defaults 1 2
  16. Verify by mounting on current Sessions also:
  17. mount /dev/hda? /mnt/neo

Topics

#disk partitioning#mount points#storage management#Linux filesystems

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