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



NAME
       mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       mkfs.minix [-c|-l filename] [-n namelength] [-i inodecount] [-v] 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  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
       allowed.

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

       -n namelength
              Specify  the maximum length of filenames.  Currently, 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  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.

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

       -3     Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.

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
       mkfs(8), fsck(8), reboot(8)

AVAILABILITY
       The  mkfs.minix  command  is  part  of  the  util-linux  package  and  is  available  from
       ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.



util-linux                                  June 2011                               MKFS.MINIX(8)