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--- systems:media_server:hard_drive_setup [2025/05/12 20:35] – [Format the drives (Optional)] 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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 <code bash>
 sudo parted -a optimal -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 100%
-sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 2 -T largefile4 /dev/sdX1
+sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 2 -T largefile4 -L diskp01 /dev/sdX1
 </code>
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 <code bash>
 sudo parted -a optimal -s /dev/sdX -- mklabel gpt mkpart primary 0% 100%
-sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -T largefile4 /dev/sdX1
+sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -T largefile4 -L disk01 /dev/sdX1
 </code>
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 **NOTE:** "-m 0" here reserves 0% of the filesystem, ensuring that the parity disks are slightly larger than the data disks.
 </WRAP>
-or something like:
-<code bash>
-sudo mkfs.ext4 -m 0 -T largefiles -L hdd1 /dev/sda
-</code>