How to access unallocated internal HDD on Ubuntu 16.04?

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I recently did a fresh install of 16.04 on the solid state drive, leaving a 1.8 TB unallocated partition on the internal HDD.



Somehow I can't access this partition on /dev/sda/ and also can't mount it:



sudo mount /dev/sda /media/sda/



mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error


sudo fdisk -l



Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: A9243158-8BFD-4A7F-BF8B-E9F415F4573D

Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 966858751 965808128 460.5G Linux filesystem
/dev/nvme0n1p3 966858752 1000214527 33355776 15.9G Linux swap


Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 50BEB1BE-9E9E-4F9A-8F7C-E3A7BA81A788


Gparted shows /dev/sda/ as unallocated space.



Do I have to perform some type of disk repair? Or should I just allocate that space using Gparted?







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    I recently did a fresh install of 16.04 on the solid state drive, leaving a 1.8 TB unallocated partition on the internal HDD.



    Somehow I can't access this partition on /dev/sda/ and also can't mount it:



    sudo mount /dev/sda /media/sda/



    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
    missing codepage or helper program, or other error


    sudo fdisk -l



    Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
    Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
    Disklabel type: gpt
    Disk identifier: A9243158-8BFD-4A7F-BF8B-E9F415F4573D

    Device Start End Sectors Size Type
    /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
    /dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 966858751 965808128 460.5G Linux filesystem
    /dev/nvme0n1p3 966858752 1000214527 33355776 15.9G Linux swap


    Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
    Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
    Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
    I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
    Disklabel type: gpt
    Disk identifier: 50BEB1BE-9E9E-4F9A-8F7C-E3A7BA81A788


    Gparted shows /dev/sda/ as unallocated space.



    Do I have to perform some type of disk repair? Or should I just allocate that space using Gparted?







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      I recently did a fresh install of 16.04 on the solid state drive, leaving a 1.8 TB unallocated partition on the internal HDD.



      Somehow I can't access this partition on /dev/sda/ and also can't mount it:



      sudo mount /dev/sda /media/sda/



      mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
      missing codepage or helper program, or other error


      sudo fdisk -l



      Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
      Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      Disklabel type: gpt
      Disk identifier: A9243158-8BFD-4A7F-BF8B-E9F415F4573D

      Device Start End Sectors Size Type
      /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
      /dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 966858751 965808128 460.5G Linux filesystem
      /dev/nvme0n1p3 966858752 1000214527 33355776 15.9G Linux swap


      Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
      Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
      Disklabel type: gpt
      Disk identifier: 50BEB1BE-9E9E-4F9A-8F7C-E3A7BA81A788


      Gparted shows /dev/sda/ as unallocated space.



      Do I have to perform some type of disk repair? Or should I just allocate that space using Gparted?







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      I recently did a fresh install of 16.04 on the solid state drive, leaving a 1.8 TB unallocated partition on the internal HDD.



      Somehow I can't access this partition on /dev/sda/ and also can't mount it:



      sudo mount /dev/sda /media/sda/



      mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
      missing codepage or helper program, or other error


      sudo fdisk -l



      Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 477 GiB, 512110190592 bytes, 1000215216 sectors
      Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
      Disklabel type: gpt
      Disk identifier: A9243158-8BFD-4A7F-BF8B-E9F415F4573D

      Device Start End Sectors Size Type
      /dev/nvme0n1p1 2048 1050623 1048576 512M EFI System
      /dev/nvme0n1p2 1050624 966858751 965808128 460.5G Linux filesystem
      /dev/nvme0n1p3 966858752 1000214527 33355776 15.9G Linux swap


      Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
      Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
      Disklabel type: gpt
      Disk identifier: 50BEB1BE-9E9E-4F9A-8F7C-E3A7BA81A788


      Gparted shows /dev/sda/ as unallocated space.



      Do I have to perform some type of disk repair? Or should I just allocate that space using Gparted?









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          You can't mount an empty disk, but only filesystems. Therefore you have to create a partition (/dev/sda1) on /dev/sda, make a filesystem in the partition and mount the partition /dev/sda1.



          So use gparted to create a partition /dev/sda1, possibly covering the complete disk /dev/sda. Then sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1 and sudo mount /dev/sda1 <your_mountpoint>.






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          • This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
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            Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
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          You can't mount an empty disk, but only filesystems. Therefore you have to create a partition (/dev/sda1) on /dev/sda, make a filesystem in the partition and mount the partition /dev/sda1.



          So use gparted to create a partition /dev/sda1, possibly covering the complete disk /dev/sda. Then sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1 and sudo mount /dev/sda1 <your_mountpoint>.






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          • This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
            – hirschme
            Jun 6 at 18:25






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            Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
            – muclux
            Jun 6 at 18:33















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          You can't mount an empty disk, but only filesystems. Therefore you have to create a partition (/dev/sda1) on /dev/sda, make a filesystem in the partition and mount the partition /dev/sda1.



          So use gparted to create a partition /dev/sda1, possibly covering the complete disk /dev/sda. Then sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1 and sudo mount /dev/sda1 <your_mountpoint>.






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          • This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
            – hirschme
            Jun 6 at 18:25






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            Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
            – muclux
            Jun 6 at 18:33













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          up vote
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          You can't mount an empty disk, but only filesystems. Therefore you have to create a partition (/dev/sda1) on /dev/sda, make a filesystem in the partition and mount the partition /dev/sda1.



          So use gparted to create a partition /dev/sda1, possibly covering the complete disk /dev/sda. Then sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1 and sudo mount /dev/sda1 <your_mountpoint>.






          share|improve this answer















          You can't mount an empty disk, but only filesystems. Therefore you have to create a partition (/dev/sda1) on /dev/sda, make a filesystem in the partition and mount the partition /dev/sda1.



          So use gparted to create a partition /dev/sda1, possibly covering the complete disk /dev/sda. Then sudo mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sda1 and sudo mount /dev/sda1 <your_mountpoint>.







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          • This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
            – hirschme
            Jun 6 at 18:25






          • 1




            Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
            – muclux
            Jun 6 at 18:33

















          • This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
            – hirschme
            Jun 6 at 18:25






          • 1




            Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
            – muclux
            Jun 6 at 18:33
















          This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
          – hirschme
          Jun 6 at 18:25




          This was exactly what I was looking for, many thanks. Now to have it automatically mounted I will have to edit /etc/fstab I presume.
          – hirschme
          Jun 6 at 18:25




          1




          1




          Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
          – muclux
          Jun 6 at 18:33





          Yes. See askubuntu.com/questions/303497/adding-an-entry-to-fstab for help.
          – muclux
          Jun 6 at 18:33













           

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