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mkfs — Build a Linux filesystem on a hard disk partition. This command is deprecated in favor of filesystem

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Problem

How to use the mkfs command: Build a Linux filesystem on a hard disk partition. This command is deprecated in favor of filesystem specific mkfs.type utils. More information: <https://manned.org/mkfs>.

Solution

mkfs — Build a Linux filesystem on a hard disk partition. This command is deprecated in favor of filesystem specific mkfs.type utils. More information: <https://manned.org/mkfs>.

Build a Linux ext2 filesystem on a partition:
sudo mkfs {{/dev/sdXY}}


Build a filesystem of a specified type:
sudo mkfs {{[-t|--type]}} {{ext4}} {{/dev/sdXY}}


Build a filesystem of a specified type and check for bad blocks:
sudo mkfs -c {{[-t|--type]}} {{ntfs}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Code Snippets

Build a Linux ext2 filesystem on a partition

sudo mkfs {{/dev/sdXY}}

Build a filesystem of a specified type

sudo mkfs {{[-t|--type]}} {{ext4}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Build a filesystem of a specified type and check for bad blocks

sudo mkfs -c {{[-t|--type]}} {{ntfs}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

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tldr-pages: linux/mkfs

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