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diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a640deb --- /dev/null +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 @@ -0,0 +1,89 @@ +.\" 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/. |