add /srv as a separate step

howto/new-machine.md

@@ -209,13 +209,22 @@ above](#pre-requisites)! Some installers cover all of those steps, but most do n
  7. ... and if the machine is handling mail, add it to [dnswl.org](https://www.dnswl.org/)
      (password in tor-passwords, `hosts-extra-info`)
 
- 8. once everything is done, reboot the new machine to make sure
+ 8. you will probably want to create a `/srv` filesystem to hole
+    service files and data unless this is a very minimal
+    system. Typically, installers may create the partition, but will
+    *not* create the filesystem and configure it in `/etc/fstab`:
+
+        mkfs -t ext4 -j /dev/sdc &&
+        printf 'UUID=%s\t/srv\text4\tdefaults\t1\t2\n' $(blkid --match-tag UUID --output value /dev/sdc) >> /etc/fstab  &&
+        mount /srv
+
+ 9. once everything is done, reboot the new machine to make sure
     *that* still works:
 
         reboot
 
 At this point, the machine has a basic TPA setup. You will probably
-need to assign it a "role" in Puppet to get it to do anything.
+need to assign it a "role" in Puppet to get it to do anything. 
 
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