systems:media_server:hard_drive_setup
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Systems - Media Server - Hard Drive setup
Identify the Drives
List the available drives:
lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,SIZE,UUID
returns:
sdb ext4 /media/peter/Disk1 14.6T a52f1b89-9387-4ece-b7da-891ef2a2c472 0x5000c500c4922748 sdc ext4 /media/peter/Disk2 14.6T 94b0eb56-4b78-4fa0-a554-5b46e78347e6 0x5000c500c52d2756 sdd ext4 /media/peter/Disk01 7.3T a554dc52-3eb3-4296-8de9-1670511e2767 WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_R6GYZ8RY sde ext4 /media/peter/Backup1 7.3T 444820cc-4ac0-4d28-8777-eda505cf1ea2 WDC_WD80EFAX-68KNBN0_VAJB0YAL sdf ext4 /media/peter/Games1 7.3T 4f8bda34-638d-40b7-8c3c-43eb0833e87f WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_R6GZ55XY sdg 7.3T WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX └─sdg1 ext4 /media/peter/Disk10 7.3T 1e427d63-683a-4802-8028-471a55ae73a6 WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX-part1 sdh ext4 /media/peter/Disk05e 14.6T 8bf14002-79b8-421b-8476-9fcd476db878 ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR51SQ0D sdi ext4 /media/peter/Disk06e 14.6T 0e8f6d23-1fe1-4a93-93e4-fe04b1cc64fa ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2HZQZX sdj ext4 /media/peter/Disk07e 14.6T f8bb3cd4-c8cf-4a58-967d-787889fc241e ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR703EYB sdk ext4 /media/peter/Disk08e 14.6T 931e2d26-7a8c-4cd6-8230-188ee9cd5e57 ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2HN378 sdl ext4 /media/peter/Disk01e 14.6T 421a2ae3-b3b4-4590-bab0-b1d1d3f4b57f ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2JH6CN sdm ext4 /media/peter/Disk02e 14.6T 2482a9a7-a6ba-44f2-a5be-3fd08929bddf ST16000NM000G-2KH103_ZL29RRKD sdn ext4 /media/peter/Disk03e 14.6T 2901c4ee-ec8d-426a-9818-0aa76c36937e ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR52QJV5 sdo ext4 /media/peter/Disk04e 14.6T dadc4151-b7e7-47dc-963a-be77ba82103c ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR70WLTL
and
ls -la /dev/disk/by-id
returns:
... lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM000G-2KH103_ZL29RRKD -> ../../sdm lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR51SQ0D -> ../../sdh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR52QJV5 -> ../../sdn lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR703EYB -> ../../sdj lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM000J-2TW103_ZR70WLTL -> ../../sdo lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:58 ata-ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL23FY8P -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:58 ata-ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL24PY4R -> ../../sdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2HN378 -> ../../sdk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2HZQZX -> ../../sdi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Apr 20 14:59 ata-ST16000NM001G-2KK103_ZL2JH6CN -> ../../sdl lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFAX-68KNBN0_VAJB0YAL -> ../../sde lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_R6GYZ8RY -> ../../sdd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_R6GZ55XY -> ../../sdf lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 May 5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX -> ../../sdg lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 May 5 09:18 ata-WDC_WD80EFZX-68UW8N0_VJHD6AMX-part1 -> ../../sdg1
Create Mount Points
For example, if the drives are /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdc1, then create mount points:
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2
Manually Mount the Drives
sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdb1 /mnt/disk1 sudo mount -t ext4 /dev/sdc1 /mnt/disk2
NOTE: Replace ext4 with your actual filesystem type, if this differs.
systems/media_server/hard_drive_setup.txt · Last modified: 2025/05/11 14:02 by peter