mkfs

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.

• mkfs [EN] @ Wikipedia

Documentation

• man 8 'mkfs' [EN]

Implementations

• mke2fs
  (mkfs.ext2, mkfs.ext3 & mkfs.ext4)

• mkswap

• mkfs.xfs

Syntax

mkfs [PARAMETER ...] [DEVICE]

Parameters

-c

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

-l FILE

Read the bad blocks list from FILE.

-t TYPE

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