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Mounting a new drive.

Based on instructions here: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-using-volumes.html

1. Create a new EBS volume.

2. Attach it to the EC2 instance you want to access it from.

3. Check that the drive is there by running

    [ec2-user ~]$ lsblk
   

4. Format the clean EBS volume to be a filesystem. WARNING: Don't do this for a drive with data on it as you'll wipe it! For example, if your volume is attached as device /dev/xvdf:

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo file -s /dev/xvdf
   

5. Once the filesystem is built, make a target for mounting:

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo mkdir /mydata
   

6. Mount the device:

    [ec2-user ~]$ sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mydata