29.8 Adding a Disk Using Cockpit
In addition to working with storage using the command-line utilities outlined in this chapter, it is also possible to configure a new storage device using the Cockpit web console. To view the current storage configuration, log into the Cockpit console and select the Storage option as shown in Figure 29-1:
Figure 29-1
To locate the newly added storage, scroll to the bottom of the Storage page until the Drives section comes into view:
Figure 29-2
In the case of the above figure, the new drive is the 8 GiB drive. Select the new drive to display the Drive screen as shown in Figure 29-3:
Figure 29-3
Click on the Create Partition Table button and, in the resulting dialog accept the default settings clicking on the Format button:
Figure 29-4
Click on the Create Partition button and use the dialog to specify how much space is to be allocated to this partition, the filesystem type (XFS is recommended) and an optional label...
