{"id":443,"date":"2021-04-17T06:37:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T06:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/?p=443"},"modified":"2021-11-14T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T15:51:59","slug":"using-fdisk-to-mount-new-disk-drive-to-centos-vps-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/technical-support\/using-fdisk-to-mount-new-disk-drive-to-centos-vps-server\/","title":{"rendered":"how to mount new disk drive to Centos VPS Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"443\" class=\"elementor elementor-443\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13920c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"13920c0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6e5613\" data-id=\"d6e5613\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29a8edd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29a8edd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This article covers using <strong>fdisk<\/strong> to mount disk drive to your server. You can apply this steps on VPS and Dedicated servers too. The user \u00a0create only up to 2TB partitions with fdisk. <span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">In these days it is possible to use parted instead.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6b294d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6b294d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a17355\" data-id=\"4a17355\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e52d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51e52d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is fdisk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c55f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c55f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>FDISK stands for Fixed Disk Editor, which means it edits the Fixed Disk (hard drive, floppy disks are removable data and are NOT fixed). FDISK is a tool that allows you to change the partitioning of your hard disks \u200b\u2013 for example: preparatory to defining file systems. FDISK has its limitations. You can&#8217;t move applications from one partition to another without uninstalling and reinstalling the software.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc32fe6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc32fe6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e52ec5\" data-id=\"1e52ec5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcf06de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcf06de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mount your new Drive to VPS Server<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee78807 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee78807\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tYour OS also should support GPT support in kernel for using divisions more than 2TB.In this situation we use parted and divisions less than 2 TBs. In addition to that please recognize that in status you are using HW RAID you most likely should rather differ way to manage your divisions. Now in this case we assume that the system does not give a hardware RAID controller. Also this way should be applied to the fully virtualized servers using <b>VPS<\/b> KVM<\/strong> or XEN-full HV virtualisation technology.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d7e4177 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d7e4177\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-007ccf1\" data-id=\"007ccf1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5be89b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5be89b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Steps to attach and mount your drive:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-254605e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"254605e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Execute the following command:<\/p><ul><li>login to your server using SSH as root administrator privileges.<\/li><li>First Let us see the devices in the system:<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f95971b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f95971b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad9ef0e\" data-id=\"ad9ef0e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1298328 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"1298328\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-php \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>df -h\nFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on\n\/dev\/sda1 239G 879M 226G 1% \/\nnone 3.9G 0 3.9G 0% \/dev\/shm<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80387ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80387ef\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb291a5\" data-id=\"fb291a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715f421 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715f421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>Here we are adding the<b> Disk \/dev\/sdb<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a4200a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a4200a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5ecd80\" data-id=\"d5ecd80\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-906d7fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"906d7fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-php \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>fdisk -l\nDisk \/dev\/sdb: 107.4 GB, 107374182400 bytes\n255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 13054 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nI\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nDisk identifier: 0x00000000\n\nDisk \/dev\/sda: 268.4 GB, 268435456000 bytes\n255 heads, 63 sectors\/track, 32635 cylinders\nUnits = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes\nSector size (logical\/physical): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nI\/O size (minimum\/optimal): 512 bytes \/ 512 bytes\nDisk identifier: 0x00083ede\n\nDevice Boot Start End Blocks Id System \/dev\/sda1 1 31592 253755392 83 Linux \/dev\/sda2 31592 32636 8387584 82 Linux swap \/ Solaris<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53a50bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53a50bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03cd06d\" data-id=\"03cd06d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdced75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdced75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Now execute the following\u00a0<strong>fdisk \/dev\/sdb<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d43cf0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d43cf0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83b7d88\" data-id=\"83b7d88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8316b elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"ef8316b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>fdisk \/dev\/sdb<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d41bbf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d41bbf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6843d47\" data-id=\"6843d47\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1929d49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1929d49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x5bac3a50. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won\u2019t be recoverable. Command (m for help):<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b9d26c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b9d26c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3943be1\" data-id=\"3943be1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2e14ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2e14ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Then enter <strong>n<\/strong> to add a new partition.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404d94d elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"404d94d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard word-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-php \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-php\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>n<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e72d63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e72d63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fdisk.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15315\" alt=\"fdisk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fdisk.png 711w, https:\/\/hostandtech.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fdisk-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-199cfe0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"199cfe0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a33f1f1\" data-id=\"a33f1f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d49698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d49698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Now you have to run mkfs -t ext3 \/dev\/sdb then confirm the message.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea08306 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea08306\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12f4b70\" data-id=\"12f4b70\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a74a70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"7a74a70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-okaidia copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-php \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" 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