Creating The File Systems; Creating File Systems With Ext2; Creating The Mount Directories; Creating The Mount Table - HP StorageWorks P9000 Configuration Manual

4. Select w to write the partition information to disk and complete the fdisk command.
5. Other commands that you might want to use include:
d to remove partitions
q to stop a change
6. Repeat steps 1–5 for each device.

Creating the file systems

The supported file system for Linux is ext2.

Creating file systems with ext2

1. Enter mkfs
Example
# mkfs
2. Repeat step 1 for each device on the disk array.

Creating the mount directories

Create mount directories using the mkdir command. Choose names for the mount directories
which identify both the logical volume and partition.
1. Enter mkdir /mnt/mount_point.
Example
# mkdir /mnt/A5700F_LU00
2. Repeat step 1 for each device on the disk array.

Creating the mount table

Add the new devices to the /etc/fstab file to specify the automount parameters for each device.
74 Linux
t ext2 /dev/device_name.
t ext2 /dev/sdd