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