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NAME

6       mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem
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SYNOPSIS

9       mkfs.minix [options] device [size-in-blocks]
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DESCRIPTION

12       mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device (usually a disk
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15       The device is usually of the following form:
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17              /dev/hda[1–8] (IDE disk 1)
18              /dev/hdb[1–8] (IDE disk 2)
19              /dev/sda[1–8] (SCSI disk 1)
20              /dev/sdb[1–8] (SCSI disk 2)
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22       The device may be a block device or an image file of one, but  this  is
23       not enforced.  Expect not much fun on a character device :-).
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25       The size-in-blocks parameter is the desired size of the file system, in
26       blocks.  It is present only for backwards  compatibility.   If  omitted
27       the  size will be determined automatically.  Only block counts strictly
28       greater than 10 and strictly less than 65536 are allowed.
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OPTIONS

31       -c, --check
32              Check the device for bad blocks before creating the  filesystem.
33              If any are found, the count is printed.
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35       -n, --namelength length
36              Specify  the  maximum  length of filenames.  Currently, the only
37              allowable values are 14 and 30 for file system versions 1 and 2.
38              Version 3 allows only value 60.  The default is 30.
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40       -i, --inodes number
41              Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem.
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43       -l, --badblocks filename
44              Read  the  list  of  bad blocks from filename.  The file has one
45              bad-block number per line.  The count  of  bad  blocks  read  is
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48       -1     Make a Minix version 1 filesystem.  This is the default.
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50       -2, -v Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.
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52       -3     Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.
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54       -V, --version
55              Display version information and exit.  The long option cannot be
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58       -h, --help
59              Display help text and exit.
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EXIT CODES

62       The exit code returned by mkfs.minix is one of the following:
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SEE ALSO

71       fsck(8), mkfs(8), reboot(8)
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AVAILABILITY

74       The mkfs.minix command is part of the util-linux package and is  avail‐
75       able from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.
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79util-linux                         June 2015                     MKFS.MINIX(8)