90 lines
2.3 KiB
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90 lines
2.3 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.\" May be freely distributed.
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.TH MKFS.MINIX 8 "June 2015" "util-linux" "System Administration"
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.SH NAME
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mkfs.minix \- make a Minix filesystem
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B mkfs.minix
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[options]
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.I device
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.RI [ size-in-blocks ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B mkfs.minix
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creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device (usually a disk partition).
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The
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.I device
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is usually of the following form:
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.nf
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.RS
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/dev/hda[1\(en8] (IDE disk 1)
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/dev/hdb[1\(en8] (IDE disk 2)
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/dev/sda[1\(en8] (SCSI disk 1)
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/dev/sdb[1\(en8] (SCSI disk 2)
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.RE
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.fi
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The device may be a block device or an image file of one, but this is not
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enforced. Expect not much fun on a character device :-).
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.PP
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The
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.I size-in-blocks
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parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks.
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It is present only for backwards compatibility.
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If omitted the size will be determined automatically.
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Only block counts strictly greater than 10 and strictly less than
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65536 are allowed.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-check\fR
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Check the device for bad blocks before creating the filesystem. If any
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are found, the count is printed.
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.TP
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\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-namelength\fR \fIlength\fR
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Specify the maximum length of filenames. Currently, the only allowable
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values are 14 and 30 for file system versions 1 and 2. Version 3 allows
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only value 60. The default is 30.
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.TP
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\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-inodes\fR \fInumber\fR
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Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem.
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.TP
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\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-badblocks\fR \fIfilename\fR
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Read the list of bad blocks from
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.IR filename .
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The file has one bad-block number per line. The count of bad blocks read
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is printed.
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.TP
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.B \-1
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Make a Minix version 1 filesystem. This is the default.
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.TP
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.BR \-2 , " \-v"
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Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.
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.TP
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.B \-3
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Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.
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.TP
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\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
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Display version information and exit. The long option cannot be combined
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with other options.
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.TP
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\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
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Display help text and exit.
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.SH EXIT STATUS
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The exit status returned by
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.B mkfs.minix
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is one of the following:
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.IP 0
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No errors
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.IP 8
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Operational error
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.IP 16
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Usage or syntax error
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR fsck (8),
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.BR mkfs (8),
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.BR reboot (8)
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.SH AVAILABILITY
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The mkfs.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
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https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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