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1. Create a partition and format it. You may use parted and mkfs.ext4:

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   sudo parted -s -a optimal -- /dev/vdb mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
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   sudo mkfs.ext4 -L data-1 /dev/vdb1

   
   

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   You may partition the disk differently and use any other filesystem type. It is a good idea to use the same name for the volume to set the label of the new filesystem

   
   

2. Add this entry to your VM's  /etc/fstab:

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   echo "/dev/vdb1 /data1 ext4 defaults 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null

   If your VM uses disk IDs then use the following command to find the vdb ID and amend the line above as required

   , adapting the label to the name you chose earlier:

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   ​echo "UID-$(blkid /dev/vdb)LABEL=data-1 /data1 ext4 defaults 0 0" | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab > /dev/null

   
   

3. Make the directory where you are mounting your filesystem. Make sure you use the same path as defined in fstab:

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   sudo mkdir /data1

   
   

4. Mount the file system

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   sudo mount -av

   
   

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