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 In the unlucky event that one of your data disks starts to show [[wp>S.M.A.R.T.]] errors warning of its decline, or you are just running out of storage space, this article describes how to provision a new disk and migrate the data to replace the old one.
-<note tip>This guide assumes your old disk has a single partition, is formatted with the EXT4 file-system and is mounted at /srv during boot.</note>
+<note tip>This guide assumes your old disk has a single partition, is formatted with the EXT4 file-system and is mounted at /srv during boot.  If this is not the case, some of the commands below may need appropriate modifications for your environment.</note>
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 Now create a partition on the new disk using:
-<code>fdisk /dev/sdx</code>
+<code>parted /dev/sdx</code>
-The fdisk menu will appear.  Use the commands in the following order to complete the task:
+If your new disk is 2TB or below, complete the command as follows:
-  - "n" to create a new parition
+<code>
-  - "p" for a primary partition
+mklabel msdos
-  - "1" for the first partition
+mkpart pri 1 -1
-  - "w" to write the partition table back to the disk and exit
+quit
+</code>
+If your new disk is larger than 2TB, complete the command as follows:
+<code>
+mklabel gpt
+mkpart pri 1 -1
+quit
+</code>
 Now format the new partition using: