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+.\" 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 STATUS
+The exit status 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/.