Linux 101: Drives, Partitions, and Mounts

Practice partitioning drives, formatting them with different filesystems, and working with mounts in a series of hands-on challenges:

• Mount a drive with existing data and read its contents https://labs.iximiuz.com/challenges/storage-simple-mount…

• Create a GUID Partition Table (GPT) on a blank drive https://labs.iximiuz.com/challenges/storage-simple-partition-table…

• Split a drive into multiple partitions and format them as ext4 and btrfs https://labs.iximiuz.com/challenges/storage-partition-drive…

• Mount an existing directory at a new location (bind mount) https://labs.iximiuz.com/challenges/storage-bind-mount…

• Make a filesystem mount survive a reboot https://labs.iximiuz.com/challenges/storage-persistent-mount…

Mount a Drive with Existing Data and Read Its Contents | Challenge

Source: https://labs.iximiuz.com/challenges/storage-simple-mount

How to Author Challenges on iximiuz Labs

Instead of providing a subpar online editing experience, iximiuz Labs offers a helper CLI tool calledlabctl, allowing you to use your favorite text editor (or a full-featured IDE) to write content from the comfort of your local machine.

Install labctl CLI

curl \-sf https://labs\.iximiuz\.com/cli/install\.sh \| sh

This will download and install the latest version of the labctl CLI. You only need to do this once per workstation.

Authorize labctl

This will open a browser window asking you to authorize labctl to access your account. You need to do it after a fresh install of labctl and repeat it whenever the auth session expires.

Pull challenge content

labctl content pull challenge storage\-simple\-mount

This will create a local copy of the challenge content in a directory namedstorage\-simple\-mount. You only need to do this once per challenge.

Stream your changes

labctl content push \-fw challenge storage\-simple\-mount

Run this command in a separate terminal to continuously upload your changes to the server while editing the challenge in your favorite text editor or IDE.

You can also use labctl to create, list, and delete your content. Learn more about the available commands:labctl content \-\-help