Archive as a disk creation features in Linux OS

To allocate the disk for recording, execute the command in the root mode.

sudo su

fdisk -l

where

To delete the disk section, do the following:

Go to the disk where it is necessary to delete a section.
```
fdisk /dev/sdb
```
Delete the section.
```
d
```
Specify the section number.
```
2
```
Save the changes.
```
w
```

To create a section, do the following:

Go to the disk where it is necessary to create a section.
```
fdisk /dev/sdb
```
Create the section.
```
n
```
Specify the section: primary (p) or extended (e).
```
p
```
Specify the section number.
```
1
```
Specify the section size. G - gigabytes, M - megabytes, K - kilobytes.
```
+5G
```
. Save the changes.
```
w
```

To create the archive as a disk, do the following:

Create a new archive in the Axxon Next Client (see Creating a local archive).
Select the archive volume.
Specify the path to section in the address window. For example: /dev/sdb1. If it is required to use the whole disk as an archive, specify the /dev/sdc, /dev/sdd and so on.
Set the Format checkbox and click the Apply button.
Attention!
At this point you cannot change the archive size.

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