Creating a New Mount Point in Linux After Installation

How to create new mount-point in Linux Operating System

Q: I have installed Linux Operating System in my Virtual Box test environment but now I m facing space crunch on system after configuration.
Is it possible that I can create new mount-point in Linux?.

Ans: Yes. It is possible that you can create new mount-point after configuration. Below are the steps to follow.

Step 1: First shut down the Virtual Box.

Step 2: Add new disk to the virtual box of any size you want to add.

Step 3: Start the Virtual Box.

Step 4: Now create & configure partition.(Here my partition name is /dev/sdg/)

#fdisk /dev/sdg

n
p
1
w

#fdisk /dev/sdg
p

where, 

P=> Print the partition.
N => For creating new partition.
1=> For creating primary partition.
w => For saving created partition.

Step 5: Now format the created partition.
#/sbin/mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdg1


Step 6: Assign a label to the created partition.

/sbin/e2label /dev/sdg1 /u01

You can check the label using below command:

#/sbin/tune2fs -l /dev/sdg1 |grep volume


Step 7: Now add below entry in fstab file.

#vi /etc/fstab
LABEL=/u01          /u01                ext3    defaults        1 2


Step 8: Now create new partition in root directory as below command and grant rights to the owner.

#pwd
/root

#mkdir /u01

#chown -R oracle:dba /u01


Step 9: Finally mount the created mount-point.

#mount /dev/sdg1 /u01

You can view the newly created partition using below command:
df -h





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