View Source: mkfs(8) - Waikato Linux Users Group

Edit PageHistory Diff Info LikePages

MKFS
!!!MKFS
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
----
!!NAME


mkfs - build a Linux file system
!!SYNOPSIS


__mkfs__ [[ __-V__ ] [[ __-t__ ''fstype'' ] [[
__fs-options__ ] ''filesys'' [[ ''blocks''
]
!!DESCRIPTION


__mkfs__ is used to build a Linux file system on a
device, usually a hard disk partition. ''filesys'' is
either the device name (e.g. ''/dev/hda1'',
''/dev/sdb2'') or the mount point (e.g. ''/'',
''/usr'', ''/home'') for the file system.
''blocks'' is the number of blocks to be used for the
file system.


The exit code returned by __mkfs__ is 0 on success and 1
on failure.


In actuality, __mkfs__ is simply a front-end for the
various file system builders (__mkfs__.''fstype'')
available under Linux. The file system-specific builder is
searched for in a number of directories like perhaps
''/sbin'', ''/sbin/fs'', ''/sbin/fs.d'',
''/etc/fs'', ''/etc'' (the precise list is defined at
compile time but at least contains ''/sbin'' and
''/sbin/fs''), and finally in the directories listed in
the PATH enviroment variable. Please see the file
system-specific builder manual pages for further
details.
!!OPTIONS


__-V__


Produce verbose output, including all file system-specific
commands that are executed. Specifying this option more than
once inhibits execution of any file system-specific
commands. This is really only useful for
testing.


__-t__ ''fstype''


Specifies the type of file system to be built. If not
specified, the default file system type (currently ext2) is
used.


__fs-options__


File system-specific options to be passed to the real file
system builder. Although not guaranteed, the following
options are supported by most file system
builders.


__-c__


Check the device for bad blocks before building the file
system.


__-l__ ''filename''


Read the bad blocks list from ''filename''


__-v__


Produce verbose output.
!!BUGS


All generic options must precede and not be combined with
file system-specific options. Some file system-specific
programs do not support the ''-v'' (verbose) option, nor
return meaningful exit codes. Also, some file
system-specific programs do not automatically detect the
device size and require the ''blocks'' parameter to be
specified.
!!AUTHORS


David Engel (david@ods.com)
Fred N. van Kempen (waltje@uwalt.nl.mugnet.org)
Ron Sommeling (sommel@sci.kun.nl)
The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card's
version for the ext2 file system.
!!SEE ALSO


fs(5), badblocks(8), fsck(8),
mkdosfs(8), mke2fs(8), __mkfs.ext2__(8),
mkfs.minix(8), __mkfs.msdos__(8),
mkfs.xfs(8), __mkfs.xiafs__(8)
----

9 pages link to mkfs(8):

This page is a man page (or other imported legacy content). We are unable to automatically determine the license status of this page.

Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:31:15 am by "perry"

Edit PageHistory Diff Info LikePages