Editing Adding a second drive (section)

== Partition the drive ==
Now we need to add partition(s) to the drive. Run the following command as root (or <code>sudo</code> as a regular user): <code>fdisk /dev/sd'''b'''</code> (change the letter to the appropriate drive).

<code>fdisk</code> will then prompt you for a command. Check the disk to see if any partitions exist by typing <code>p</code> and enter. If any partitions exist, you'll see them listed, like this:
 Device     Start        End    Sectors   Size Type
 /dev/sda1   2048 1953525134 1953523087 931.5G Linux filesystem
Enter the <code>p</code> command to create a partition. We recommend keeping the defaults for the next options.
 Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
 First sector (2048-16777215, default 2048): 
 Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-16777215, default 16777215): 
  
 Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 8 GiB.
  
 Command (m for help): 
Once the partition is created, you can then write it to the disk using the <code>w</code> command. '''Warning!''' If you messed up, this is where you can abort if needed. Pressing enter after <code>w</code> commits the changes to the disk.
 Command (m for help): w
 The partition table has been altered.
 Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
 Syncing disks.
Now if you re-run <code>ls /dev/sd*</code>, you should see the partition created.