Mount the new disk

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# 6. Mount the new disk

Create a directory where you'll mount the new disk, for example `/new-disk`, and mount it there:

    mkdir /new-disk
    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /new-disk

If the new disk will have more than one Linux partition, mount them all under `/new-disk` with the same organization they'll have later.

Example. The new disk will have four Linux partitions, as follows:

    /dev/hdb1:    /
    /dev/hdb2:    /home
    /dev/hdb3:    /var
    /dev/hdb4:    /var/spool

Mount the four partitions under `/new-disk` as follows:

    /dev/hdb1:    /new-disk
    /dev/hdb2:    /new-disk/home
    /dev/hdb3:    /new-disk/var
    /dev/hdb4:    /new-disk/var/spool

You must create the mount points for each level before you mount the partitions at that level.

Example.

    mkdir /new-disk                                 [1st level]
    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb1 /new-disk

    mkdir /new-disk/home                            [2nd level]
    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb2 /new-disk/home

    mkdir /new-disk/var                             [2nd level also]
    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb3 /new-disk/var

    mkdir /new-disk/var/spool                       [3rd level]
    mount -t ext2 /dev/hdb4 /new-disk/var/spool

If you've created a mount point at `/new-disk/tmp`, you'll need to correct the directory's permissions to let all users access it:

    chmod 1777 /new-disk/tmp

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