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Managing Linux partitions
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This example assumes the partition you want to format is /dev/sda1. If your volume is different (for
example, for older drives, you may see /dev/hda), change commands accordingly.
3. Select one of the following command based on the format you want to use for the destination partition:
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To format a partition in ext3 format, enter the following command and then press Enter:
sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
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To format a partition in ext4 format, enter the following command and then press Enter:
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
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To format a partition in XFS format, enter the following command and then press Enter:
sudo mkfs.xfs /dev/sda1
The selected partition is formatted accordingly.
4. Optionally, if you need to format other partitions, repeat this procedure.
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Mounting partitions from the command line
If performing a BMR using the Rapid Recovery Core Console, you must first mount the appropriate partitions on
the destination machine. Perform this from the command line in the Universal Recovery Console.
This task is a step in
Performing a bare metal restore for Linux machines
. It is part of the process for
Complete the steps in this procedure to mount partitions on the Linux machine before performing a restore.
1. From the command line, enter the following command and then press Enter to change privileges to run as
administrator and then list existing disk partitions:
sudo fdisk -l
A list of all volumes appears.
2. Format all partitions you will need to perform the BMR to the mount directory. These must match the
volumes that are in the recovery point. For example, if the volume you want to mount is called sda1, and
the mount directory is mnt, then type the following command and then press Enter:
3. Mount all partitions you will need to perform the BMR to the mount directory. These must match the
volumes that are in the recovery point. For example, if the volume you want to mount is called sda1, and
the mount directory is mnt, then type the following command and then press Enter:
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
4. Repeat
as necessary until you have mounted all required volumes.
After you mount the volumes, you can perform a restore to the destination Linux machine from the Rapid
Recovery Core Console. See
Launching a bare metal restore for Linux
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