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
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
file system. If any are found, the count is
printed.
-n namelength
Specify the maximum length of filenames. Cur
rently, 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 follow
ing:
0 No errors
8 Operational error
16 Usage or syntax error
mkfs(8), fsck(8), reboot(8)
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