# How do create a file system on my VPS's additional mount?

##### Step 1

Login to your VPS with an SSH tool, in this example we are using [Bitvise SSH](https://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client-download).

Once signed in, run the following command.

```bash
lsblk
```

[![image.png](https://knowledgebase.aquatis.host/uploads/images/gallery/2024-06/scaled-1680-/gEckm55NRRfbn9j3-image.png)](https://knowledgebase.aquatis.host/uploads/images/gallery/2024-06/gEckm55NRRfbn9j3-image.png)

In the command, you will see two disk mounts, one is VDA which is your primary disk mount since it's mounted to /. Your additional disk mount is VDB with 100G in size.  
  
**/dev/vdb** is our mount.

##### Step 2  


Run the following command to create a file system on that disk.

```bash
mkfs.ext4  /dev/vdb
```

[![image.png](https://knowledgebase.aquatis.host/uploads/images/gallery/2024-06/scaled-1680-/t0zK8yzc4qBVDKYu-image.png)](https://knowledgebase.aquatis.host/uploads/images/gallery/2024-06/t0zK8yzc4qBVDKYu-image.png)

As you see now there is a file system of mkfs.ext4 created on that mount.

##### Step 3

Run the following commands to mount the file system to the OS. You can change the value of data to whatever you'd like.

<p class="callout warning">You can change the /mnt/data folder to /mount or /data or whatever folder you'd like. This is just an example.</p>

```bash
mkdir /mnt/data
mount -t ext4 /dev/vdb  /mnt/data
df -h
```

<p class="callout info">Line 1 makes the directory. Line 2 makes the mount, mounting the drive /dev/vdb to the folder /mnt/data. Line 3 returns what your system appears like with the new file system</p>

Upon completion, you will see the new usable mount where you can store all your data now.

[![image.png](https://knowledgebase.aquatis.host/uploads/images/gallery/2024-06/scaled-1680-/6zkpiinq5x0eCvv1-image.png)](https://knowledgebase.aquatis.host/uploads/images/gallery/2024-06/6zkpiinq5x0eCvv1-image.png)

##### Step 4  


Add the details of the mount we completed earlier into the FSTAB file.

```bash
nano /etc/fstab
/dev/vdb /mnt/data ext4  defaults   0 0
```

After that, if you restart your server the file system will remain on there.

<p class="callout danger">Failure to do this will cause your file system to umount during system reboots. Its recommend that you complete this!</p>

<p class="callout success">That's it! You now fully know how to create a file system on your VPS's new mount.  
</p>