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Using Unmounted Partitions

Company: RedHat | Difficulty: Medium


Scenario

The server has unmounted partitions that are not being used and could be utilized for additional storage.

Task

Identify unmounted partitions that are safe to use (avoiding system-critical partitions like /, /boot, /boot/efi, or swap), create an ext4 filesystem on one with a label data_extra, mount it at /mnt/test, and verify it's accessible.

Example

# Before (unmounted partition unused)
Block devices scanned, unmounted partitions found
loop0p2: 20GB unmounted, no filesystem
# After (partition formatted and mounted)
Filesystem created: ext4 with label=data_extra on /dev/loop0p2
Mounted at: /mnt/test
/dev/loop0p2 on /mnt/test type ext4 (rw,relatime)
Partition ready for use

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