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

NAME
mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS
mkfs.minix [options] 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 device may be a block device or an image file of one, but this is not enforced. Ex-
pect not much fun on a character device :-).

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 al-
lowed.

OPTIONS
-c, --check
Check the device for bad blocks before creating the filesystem. If any are found,
the count is printed.

-n, --namelength length
Specify the maximum length of filenames. Currently, the only allowable values are
14 and 30 for file system versions 1 and 2. Version 3 allows only value 60. The
default is 30.

-i, --inodes number
Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem.

-l, --badblocks 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. This is the default.

-2, -v Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.

-3 Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.

-V, --version
Display version information and exit. The long option cannot be combined with
other options.

-h, --help
Display help text and exit.

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