Linux mkfs command

Use: mkfs [-V] [-t fstype ] [fs-options] filesys [blocks]

Linux mkfs command is used on a specific file system partitions for linux

Parameters:

device: preliminary examination of the hard disk partition, for example: / dev / sda1
-V: Detailed display mode
-t: for a given type of file system, Linux's default is ext2
-c: In making the file system, inspect the partition for bad track
-l bad_blocks_file: the bad track block inside information added bad_blocks_file
block: Given the size of the block of

Built on / dev / hda5 a msdos file system, and check for bad blocks exist, and the process is listed in detail:

mkfs -V -t msdos -c /dev/hda5

The sda6 partition formatted as ext3 format

mfks -t ext3 /dev/sda6

Note: This file system is to be specified, such as ext3; reiserfs; ext2; fat32; msdos like.

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