Step 1: check disk's logic name
sudo lshw -C disk
*-disk description: ATA Disk product: Samsung SSD 840 physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: EXT0 serial: S1DHNSAFB93273A size: 465GiB (500GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=00018455 *-disk description: ATA Disk product: WDC WD1003FBYZ-0 vendor: Western Digital physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sdb version: 01.0 serial: WD-WCAW30RKR90L size: 931GiB (1TB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 sectorsize=512 signature=b8d46e5e *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: CDDVDW SH-224DB vendor: TSSTcorp physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/sr0 version: SB01 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodiscHere, /dev/sda, /dev/sdb
corresoponds to:
500T SSD
and
1T hard drive,
respectively.
Our goal is to install the 1T hard drive.
sudo fdisk /dev/sdb
m
n
p
1
enter
enter
Your will see /dev/sdb1 is there
ll /dev/sdb1
Step 3: format:
sudo mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
Step 4: create a mount point
sudo mkdir /media/oneT
Step 5: mount the drive
sudo apt-get install gksu
gksu gedit /etc/fstab
Add this line to the end (for ext3 file system):
/dev/sdb1 /media/oneT ext3 defaults 0 2
###### Reference:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive
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