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--- systems:media_server:hard_drive_setup [2025/05/11 14:02] – peter
+++ systems:media_server:hard_drive_setup [2025/05/13 16:46] (current) – peter
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 ====== Systems - Media Server - Hard Drive setup ======
+To identify, mount and partition the hard drives in the system.
+----
 ===== Identify the Drives =====
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 <code bash>
-lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,UUID
+lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,UUID,ID
 </code>
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 lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root   10 May  5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX-part1 -> ../../sdg1
 </code>
+----
+===== Format the drives (Optional) =====
+Partitioning a new data disk:
+<code bash>
+sudo parted -a optimal -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 100%
+sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 2 -T largefile4 -L diskp01 /dev/sdX1
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  "-m 2" here reserves 2% of the filesystem for root-owned files (e.g. .../.snapraid/content)
+</WRAP>
+Partitioning a new parity disk:
+<code bash>
+sudo parted -a optimal -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 100%
+sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -T largefile4 -L disk01 /dev/sdX1
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:** "-m 0" here reserves 0% of the filesystem, ensuring that the parity disks are slightly larger than the data disks.
+</WRAP>