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MKFS.MINIX(8)                         System Administration                         MKFS.MINIX(8)



NAME
       mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       mkfs.minix [-c|-l filename] [-n namelength] [-i inodecount] [-v] device [size-in-blocks]

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 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 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.

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  package  and  is  available  from
       ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.



util-linux                                  June 2011                               MKFS.MINIX(8)

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