[allocate a disk /dev/sdf in UNIX and format it using fdisk command as /dev/sdf1 give it a mount point name as /u02 ]
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 22.4 GB, 22429040640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 2726 21792172+ 8e Linux LVM
Disk /dev/sdb: 11.4 GB, 11494490112 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1397 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1397 11221371 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 11.1 GB, 11162091520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1357 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 1357 10900071 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdd: 10.8 GB, 10829692928 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1316 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 1 1316 10570738+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sde: 11.1 GB, 11162091520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1357 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sde1 1 1357 10900071 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdf: 22.4 GB, 22429040640 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2726 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdf1 1 2726 21896563+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/dm-0: 16.5 GB, 16542334976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-1: 5771 MB, 5771362304 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 701 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
[root@localhost ~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdf1
mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
2741760 inodes, 5474140 blocks
273707 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
168 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16320 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 39 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
[root@localhost ~]# e2label /dev/sdf1 /u02
[root@localhost ~]# mkdir /u02
[root@localhost ~]# vi /etc/fstab
[root@localhost ~]# mount -a
[root@localhost ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-
15G 12G 2.7G 82% /
/dev/sda1 99M 27M 68M 29% /boot
tmpfs 1.8G 154M 1.6G 9% /dev/shm
/dev/sdf1 21G 173M 20G 1% /u02
[root@localhost ~]# reboot
Broadcast message from root (pts/2) (Mon Jul 23 16:04:49 2012):
