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Step 3. Create a file system on the partition.The method for creating a file system varies depending on the
file system chosen.
# mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/360080e5000321bb8000092b1535f887a1
Step 4. Create a folder to mount the new partition.
# mkdir /mnt/ext4
Step 5. Mount the partition.
# mount /dev/mapper/360080e5000321bb8000092b1535f887a1 /mnt/ext4
Verify storage access on the host
Before using the volume, you verify that the host can write data to the volume and read it back.
Before you begin
You must have initialized the volume and formatted it with a file system.
Step 1. On the host, copy one or more files to the mount point of the disk.
Step 2. Copy the files back to a different folder on the original disk.
Step 3. Run the d d i i f f f f command to compare the copied files to the originals.
Remove the file and folder that you copied.
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