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I am new to Ubuntu and need help in completing the install of an additional SDD.

I have physically installed a 2TB m2 SSD. It is showing as mounted in DISKS but not showing up in DISK USAGE ANALYZER.

What am I missing in order to get the extra 2TB added to give my machine more storage?

DISKS DISK USAGE ANALYER

John Kelly
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  • were all the steps covered and does this answer your question? How do I add an additional hard drive? – graham Jun 25 '22 at 07:54
  • I would only use gpt partitioning. You may or may not want one large partition. I typically do not fully partition a new drive until I know what else I may want. More info on data partition(s). https://askubuntu.com/questions/1013677/storing-data-on-second-hdd-mounting & https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058756/installing-all-applications-on-a-ssd-disk-and-putting-all-files-on-hdd-disk – oldfred Jun 25 '22 at 16:34

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Your disk is mounted to /mnt/nvme0n1p1 and can be used for storage.

When a storage device is mounted to anywhere but /media subdirectories, it is not treated as a separate disk.

You can always mount the disk somewhere else.

But in current state it is fully available for usage.

Pilot6
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  • Would best practice to be to mount to /media instead? I was confused as the disk was showing only 250G available in total. – John Kelly Jun 25 '22 at 08:29
  • It doesn't make much difference where to mount a device. I wouldn't recommend to mount it to /mnt, because it may be used for temporary mounts. But it is up to you. Maybe create a directory /media/SSD and mount it there. – Pilot6 Jun 25 '22 at 08:32
  • Will this then have the machines show the total available in the disk usage analyzer? The 2.25T total. – John Kelly Jun 25 '22 at 08:46
  • You can see available space in either case. I don't use the analyzer. But it should show it. – Pilot6 Jun 25 '22 at 08:48