How To Create New Partition in Linux

Creating new partition in linux a very normal practice. In this article we will be going to explain simple steps to create a new partition in linux, format it and mount it at your required mount point.

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List All Partition

lsblk command by default list all partition in a tree-like format. Run below command as follows:

# lsblk

The output is as follows:

[Or]

You can all use fdisk command to list all partition, use following command as follows:

# fdsik -l

The output is as follows:

Create New Partition

With the help of fdisk command we can create new partitions. Execute below command to create new partition.

# fdsik /dev/sdb

Type m and press Enter to see a list of the commands you can use to create partition.

Use the n command to create a new partition. You can create a logical or primary partition (l for logical or p for primary). A disk can only have four primary partitions.

Formatting a Partition

Before using the partition, you need to format new partitions with a file system. You can do this with mkfs command.

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

Mount The Partition

You have successfully formatted the filesystem. Now you can mount the partition and use it.
Mount Temporary

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt

Mount Permanent
You can mount the partition permanently adding entry in fstab file.

# vim /etc/fstab

Add below line at the end of file.

/dev/sda1  /mnt    ext4    defaults  0 0 

Run following command to mount the drive at run time.

# mount -a

Run below command to display new partition.

Enjoy it!