Steps To Add a New Drive In Linux
identify the drive
# -e 1,7 : exclude loop and ram devices
# -d : don't show partitions
# -o : list these columns
lsblk -e 7,1 -d -o NAME,MODEL,VENDOR,SIZE,SERIAL
sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep -i model
WARNING /dev/sda designations can change at boot time
partition
sudo parted /dev/sda mklabel gpt
sudo parted -a opt /dev/sda mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L partitionname /dev/sda1
change the partition uuid to something silly
tune2fs -U d3adf00d-a933-4921-900b-d04ff0b53e21 /dev/sda1
update fstab to auto mount
mkdir /mnt/deadfooddrive
vim /etc/fstab
UUID=d3adf00d-a933-4921-900b-d04ff0b53e21 /media/deadfooddrive/ ext4 defaults 0 2
sudo mount -a