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MKFS.MINIX(8) Linux System Administrator's Manual MKFS.MINIX(8)
NAME
mkfs.minix - make a Linux MINIX filesystem
SYNOPSIS
mkfs.minix [ -c | -l filename ] [ -n namelength ] [ -i inodecount ] [ -v ] device [ size-
in-blocks ]
DESCRIPTION
mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX file-system 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 automat-
ically. 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 file system. 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 bad blocks list from filename. The file has one bad block number per
line. The count of bad blocks read is printed.
-v Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.
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(8), fsck(8), reboot(8)
AVAILABILITY
The mkfs.minix command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
Util-linux 2.6 2 July 1996 MKFS.MINIX(8)
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