- About mkfs: To build a Linux file system
- It comes from “util-linux-ng-2.17.2” package.
- Configuration Files:
- Path: /sbin/mkfs
Examples:
1. To make the file system
| $ mkfs /dev/sda2 |
2. To produce the verbose output
| $ mkfs -V /dev/sda2 |
3. To specify the file system type
| $ mkfs -t fstype /dev/sda2 |
4. To file system-specific options to be passed to the real file system builder
| $ mkfs fs-options |
5. To check the device for bad blocks before building the file system.
| $ mkfs -c |
6. To read the bad blocks list from filename
| $ mkfs -l filename |
7. To produce the verbose output
| $ mkfs -v /dev/sda2 |
Related Commands: fs, badblocks, fsck, mkdosfs, mke2fs, mkfs.bfs, mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3, mkfs.minix, mkfs.msdos, mkfs.vfat, mkfs.xfs, mkfs.xiafs
