How to manage disk in Linux Mint?

Managing disks in Linux Mint involves several commands and tools that allow you to view, partition, format, and mount filesystems. Here's how you can manage disks:

1. View Disk Information: Use the lsblk or fdisk -l command to list all available disks and their partitions.

   lsblk
   

   This command will display a tree-like structure of your disks and partitions.

2. Partitioning Disks: You can use gparted for graphical partitioning or fdisk for command-line partitioning.

   • Using GParted:
     • Open GParted from the Applications menu.
     • Select the disk you want to partition.
     • Right-click on the unallocated space and choose "New" to create a new partition.
   • Using Fdisk:

     sudo fdisk /dev/sda
     

     Follow the prompts to create, delete, or modify partitions.

3. Formatting Partitions: Use the mkfs command to format a partition with a specific filesystem.

   sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
   

   This command formats the partition /dev/sda1 with the ext4 filesystem.

4. Mounting Partitions: Create a mount point and use the mount command to mount the partition.

   sudo mkdir /mnt/mydisk
   sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/mydisk
   

   This command mounts the partition /dev/sda1 to the directory /mnt/mydisk.

5. Automounting on Boot: To automatically mount partitions at boot time, edit the /etc/fstab file.

   sudo nano /etc/fstab
   

   Add a line like the following:

   /dev/sda1 /mnt/mydisk ext4 defaults 0 2
   

   Save and exit. This ensures that /dev/sda1 is mounted to /mnt/mydisk every time the system boots.

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