mkfs.minix
make a Minix filesystem
see also :
mkfs - fsck - reboot
Synopsis
mkfs.minix
[-c|-l filename]
[-n namelength] [-i
inodecount] [-v] device
[size-in-blocks]
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description
mkfs.minix
creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device (usually a disk
partition).
The
device is usually of the following form:
/dev/hda[1-8]
(IDE disk 1)
/dev/hdb[1-8] (IDE disk 2)
/dev/sda[1-8] (SCSI disk 1)
/dev/sdb[1-8] (SCSI disk 2)
The
size-in-blocks parameter is the desired size of the
file system, in blocks. It is present only for backwards
compatibility. If omitted the size will be determined
automatically. Only block counts strictly greater than 10
and strictly less than 65536 are allowed.
options
-c
Check the device for bad blocks
before creating the filesystem. If any are found, the count
is printed.
-n
namelength
Specify the maximum length of
filenames. Currently, the only allowable values are 14 and
30. The default is 30. Note that kernels older than 0.99p7
only accept namelength 14.
-i
inodecount
Specify the number of inodes
for the filesystem.
-l
filename
Read the list of bad blocks
from filename. The file has one bad-block number per
line. The count of bad blocks read is printed.
-1
Make a Minix version 1 filesystem.
-2, -v
Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.
-3
Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.
availability
The mkfs.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is
available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
exit codes
The exit code returned by mkfs.minix is one of the
following:
0
No errors
8
Operational error
16
Usage or syntax error
see also
mkfs ,
fsck , reboot