Add a partition in linux

  1. Create the new partition
    1. Create the partition
    2. Create the directory
    3. Mount the partition
    4. Set it in fstab

Create the new partition

Create the partition

chose the hard drive:

fdisk -l

And them create the partition:

cfdisk /dev/sda

Once it’s done you have to set the type.

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

For me it’s sda2 because I already use sda1 for the downloads, the sda2 will be for my games.

Create the directory

Create the directory for the partition:

mkdir /home/peanutstick/games

And give the own:

sudo chown peanutstick $HOME/games -R

Mount the partition

mount /dev/sda2 /home/peanutstick/games

Set it in fstab

If you don’t do if the changes will not be saved after a reboot.

sudo vim /etc/fstab

Now add this:

/dev/sda2 /home/peanutstick/games ext4 defaults 0 0