🖥 How to Format and Mount a New 1TB HDD to /var/www/recordings on Linux If you’ve added a new HDD to your Linux server and want to use it as a dedicated storage location — for example, to store Asterisk or web server recordings — you’ll need to partition, format, mount, and configure it to auto-mount at boot . In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of wiping the drive (careful — data will be lost!), creating a single ext4 partition , and mounting it permanently. Step 1: Identify Your New Disk Run: lsblk Example output: NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS sda 8 : 0 0 931.5 G 0 disk ├─sda1 8 : 1 0 50 M 0 part ├─sda2 8 : 2 0 540.8 G 0 part └─sda3 8 : 3 0 390.6 G 0 part In our case, /dev/sda is the new 1TB disk. ⚠ Warning: Double-check you’ve picked the right disk! Formatting the wrong one will destroy data. Step 2: Unmount Any Mounted Partitions sudo umount /dev/sda* 2>/dev/null Step 3: Wipe Old Partitions and Create One ...