TestOut Linux Pro 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the Exam

To successfully mount a newly formatted hard drive, the first step involves creating a mount point directory. A mount point is a directory in the filesystem where the contents of the hard drive will be accessible after it is mounted. Without this directory, there is no designated location to access the files stored on the hard drive.

When a hard drive is formatted, it has its filesystem created, which allows the operating system to manage how data is stored and retrieved, but the drive itself remains unaccessible until it is mounted at a specific location in the filesystem hierarchy.

Creating a mount point is a straightforward task, typically achieved using commands like "mkdir" followed by the desired directory path. Once the mount point is created, the next step would indeed be to mount the filesystem using commands like "mount," which attaches the filesystem to the specified directory.

Other options, while important in certain contexts, are not the initial step for mounting a newly formatted drive. For instance, formatting with "mkfs" would occur before the hard drive is ready to be mounted, and checking the filesystem with "fsck" is beneficial primarily after filesystem creation or for maintenance. Similarly, partitioning with "fdisk" is usually a prerequisite step that must happen before formatting, hence these actions