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VirtualBox: Adding A 32 GB VirtualDisk

VirtualBox: Adding A 32 GB VirtualDisk​

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Storage Device Controller: SATA​

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Create Disk Image File​

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Virtual Hard Disk File Type​

Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)

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  • DISK SIZE:
    • Enter 32 GB

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Done​

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Crosscheck /dev/sdb​

  • Account: root
  • Run:
lsblk

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Partitioning 32GB​

DEVICETYPESIZE
/dev/sdb1ext410 MB
/dev/sdb2ext4the rest
# START: Thu 29 Jun 2023 09:00
sync
# CLEAN OLD DISK
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=1
sync
# SFDISK is a script-oriented tool for partitioning.
sfdisk /dev/sdb <<< "
label: dos
device: /dev/sdb
unit: sectors
sector-size: 512
/dev/sdb1: type=83, start= 2048, size=20480
/dev/sdb2: type=83, start=22528
"

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Crosscheck Again /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2​

  • Account: root
  • Run:
lsblk

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VirtualDisk Format /dev/sdb1​

  • Account: root
  • Run:
mkfs -v -t ext4 /dev/sdb1

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VirtualDisk Format /dev/sdb2​

  • Account: root
  • Run:
mkfs -v -t ext4 /dev/sdb2

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Mounting /mnt/cbkadal​

  • Account: root
    danger

    You are NOT cbkadal!

    Replace cbkadal with your account.

  • Run:
mkdir -pv /mnt/cbkadal

mount -v  /dev/sdb1 /mnt/cbkadal/

df /dev/sdb1

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Mounting /mnt/lfs​

  • Account: root
  • Run:
mkdir -pv /mnt/lfs

mount -v  /dev/sdb2 /mnt/lfs/

df /dev/sdb2

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Add to file /etc/fstab​

  • Account: root
  • Edit file /etc/fstab with your favorite editor, and add:
/dev/sdb1  /mnt/cbkadal ext4   defaults   1  1
/dev/sdb2  /mnt/lfs     ext4   defaults   1  1

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Path: docs/virtualbox/add-32-g-v-disk