Format and partition second hard drive using terminal? (Ubuntu Server 14.04)

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I used

  fdisk -l

to show the partitions and then:

  fdisk /dev/sdb

  n

  p 

  1

  [enter]

  [enter]

   w

and then:

   mkntfs /dev/sdb1

in that order to partition the drive. obviously if anyone used they replace sdb and sdb1 to their own if needed.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • Damien Red
    Damien Red over 1 year

    this is my first question on here...

    So, I’ve installed Ubuntu server 14.04 (32 bit) on a VirtualBox virtual PC. Originally i just made it with a 32gb virtual HDD so since then I’ve created a new virtual HDD which is 100gb and I’ve added it to the virtual machine in VirtualBox

    What I can't figure out is how do I format and partition this new hard drive from a CLI? I can't install a GUI so need to use CLI

    Anyone able to guide me in the right direction for this?

  • Fabby
    Fabby about 9 years
    Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) Could you please review my edits and also review the editing help to improve the readability of your answers in the future... ;-) (And 2 upvotes!) >:)