parted Cheat Sheet

Ensure parted is installed

sudo apt update
sudo apt install parted

Create a GPT partition table

sudo parted /dev/sda -- mklabel gpt
sudo parted /dev/nvme1n1 --mklabel gpt

Create a new partition

sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda --mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
sudo parted -a opt /dev/nvme1n1 -- mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%

Format the new partition

sudo mkfs.ext4 -L VOLUME_NAME /dev/nvme1n1p1

Create the mount point

sudo mkdir -p /media/user/VOLUME_NAME

Get the UUID of the partition

sudo blkid /dev/nvme1n1p1

The output will appear such as:

/dev/nvme1n1p1: UUID="XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="VOLUME_NAME"

Edit the /etc/fstab file for automatic mounting

sudo vim /etc/fstab

Add the following at the end of the file:

UUID=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX /media/reece/VOLUME_LABEL ext4 defaults 0 2

Test the configuration

sudo mount -a

Validate the mount

df -h