add virtual hard disk to linux

#in vmware workstation | vm settings
add virtual hard disk to vm

#in vm
fdisk /dev/sdb
n
[ENTER][ENTER]
w
mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1
mkdir /newdir
mount -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 /newdir
echo "/dev/sdb1 /software ext3 defaults 1 1" >> /etc/fstab

See: http://www.matttopper.com/?p=25