My Experience on This Lab
In this lab, I examined local storage in Linux by listing existing disks using commands like sudo ls /dev/sd*, sudo fdisk -l, and sudo parted -l. I added a new 200 MB virtual hard disk to the VM, confirmed that the system detected it, and then created a primary partition on it with sudo fdisk. I formatted the partition with sudo mkfs.ext4, mounted it to the /cyse directory, and verified the mount using df -h. I also created a file inside the new filesystem and observed what happened after unmounting.
Key Concepts I Learned
I learned how Linux recognizes storage devices, how partition tables are organized, and how to create and format new partitions. The lab also reinforced how mounting makes a filesystem accessible and how unmounting separates it from the directory structure.
Challenges Faced
Challenges included identifying the correct disk after adding the new virtual drive and using the proper device name during partitioning and formatting. Verifying my work with commands like lsblk and fdisk -l helped ensure each step was done correctly.