lsblk to list partitions (or list block devices) lsblk -f or blkid to list the UUIDs

• sudo parted -l - to see all available partition information
• sudo parted /dev/sda - to partition the specific drive

When in parted:

• print to see current partition information
• mkpart help to list option
• mklabel gpt to give drive label gpt
• mkpart help mkpart to list specific help items on mkpart
• mkpart primary ext4 0% 100% to make a partition that take the full optimised drive area
• rm 1 to remove partition 1

sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1 - to format the drive

sudo vim /etc/fstab -to edit the boot disk mount table, remember to make matching mount point directories

mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb1 /mnt

To mount a NFS manually:

• sudo mount -t nfs -o rw,vers=4 192.168.1.5:/export/Disk1 /mnt/backup1
• sudo mount -t nfs -o rw,vers=4 192.168.1.5:/export/Disk2 /mnt/backup2

Where:

• -t nfs : type nfs
• -o : options, options are separated by commas with no spaces
  • rw : read / write
  • vers=4 : version 4 of nfs
• 192.168.1.5:/export/Disk1 is the remote exported NFS mount point
• /mnt/backup1 : is the local mount point, note this directory must exist, ideally empty, any existing contents are usually invisible and otherwise ignored

umount /mnt

sudo vim /etc/fstab