add partition

To add a partition in a Linux system, you can follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal and run the following command to list all available disks and partitions:

   sudo fdisk -l

2. Identify the disk and partition where you want to add a new partition. Note the device name (e.g. /dev/sda) and partition number (e.g. /dev/sda1).

3. Run the following command to start the partitioning tool for the specified device:

   sudo fdisk /dev/sda

Replace /dev/sda with the actual device name.

4. Type "n" to create a new partition.

5. Choose the partition type and size.

6. Type "w" to write the changes to the disk and exit.

7. Format the new partition with a file system of your choice, e.g. ext4:

   sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda2

Replace /dev/sda2 with the new partition device name.

8. Create a mount point for the new partition:

   sudo mkdir /mnt/new_partition

9. Mount the new partition:

   sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/new_partition

Replace /dev/sda2 with the new partition device name and /mnt/new_partition with the desired mount point.

10. Add an entry to /etc/fstab to automatically mount the new partition at boot time:

    /dev/sda2    /mnt/new_partition    ext4    defaults    0    2

Replace /dev/sda2 and /mnt/new_partition with the actual device name and mount point, respectively.