Dell DX6004S Dell DX Object Storage Platform User’s Guide - Page 36
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5 Create a 10 GB restore partition of the file system type physical volume (LVM) within the sda and click OK. 6 Select /dev/sdb1 from the Device list and click Edit. 7 Select Format partition as ext3. 8 In the Mount Point field, enter /u01 and click OK. The /u01 mount point occupies the entire space of the sdb. 9 Click Next. The /u01 mount path can also be configured after installing the operating system. To configure the mount path after installing the operating system: 1 Identify the disk to be formatted. To identify the disk to be formatted, run the following command: fdisk -l | grep '^Disk' 2 Create a partition on the /dev/sdb block device using parted: parted /dev/sdb 3 Create a gpt label on the block device: (parted) mklabel Yes/No: Yes New disk label type? [gpt]? gpt 4 Create a partition that consumes the entire available space on /dev/sdb: (parted) mkpart primary ext3 0 -1 Once the partition is created, exit using the following command: (parted) quit 5 Create a file system on the formatted partition table. For example, run the following command: mkfs.ext3 -m1 /dev/sdb1 6 Create the /u01 directory in root directory and mount the file system to the /u01 directory. For example, run the following command: mkdir /u01 mount /dev/sdb1 /u01 36 Disaster Recovery