fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1044 8385898+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda2 1045 60278 475797105 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sda3 60279 60800 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1044 8385898+ fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb2 1045 60278 475797105 fd Linux raid autodetect
/dev/sdb3 60279 60800 4192965 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 121601 976760001 83 Linux
Disk /dev/md0: 8587 MB, 8587051008 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 2096448 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/md0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/md1: 487.2 GB, 487216119808 bytes
2 heads, 4 sectors/track, 118949248 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8 * 512 = 4096 bytes
Disk /dev/md1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
So as we can see /dev/sdc1 1 121601 976760001 83 Linux is the new HDD inserted.
Now we can format the new inserted HDD by typing the command below.
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdc1
mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006)
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
122109952 inodes, 244190000 blocks
12209500 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=0
7453 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
16384 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872, 71663616, 78675968,
102400000, 214990848
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 29 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
It’s ready to mount.
cd /mnt
mkdir mynewdisk
mount /dev/sdc1 mynewdisk