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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. Expect 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 automatically. Only block counts strictly
greater than 10 and strictly less than 65536 are allowed.
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
SEE ALSO
fsck(8), mkfs(8), reboot(8)
AVAILABILITY
The mkfs.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is avail-
able from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
util-linux June 2015 MKFS.MINIX(8)