diff --git a/virtual-machines/single-vm/extensions/linux/format-disk.sh b/virtual-machines/single-vm/extensions/linux/format-disk.sh
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+#
+# format-disk.sh
+#
+#!/bin/bash
+
+partprobe
+# Format and mount drive 
+(
+echo o
+echo n
+echo p
+echo 1
+echo
+echo
+echo w
+)|fdisk /dev/$1
+partprobe
+mkfs -t ext3 /dev/$11
+mkdir /data$2
+mount /dev/$11 /data$2
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