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

NAME
       mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       mkfs.minix [options] device [size-in-blocks]

DESCRIPTION
       mkfs.minix  creates  a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device (usually a disk parti‐
       tion).

       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 device may be a block device or an image file of one, but this  is  not  en‐
       forced.  Expect not much fun on a character device :-).

       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 de‐
       termined automatically.  Only block counts strictly greater than 10 and strictly
       less than 65536 are allowed.

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

       -n, --namelength length
              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.

       -i, --inodes number
              Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem.

       -l, --badblocks 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.  This is the default.

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

       -3     Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.

       -V, --version
              Display version information and exit.  The long option cannot be combined
              with other options.

       -h, --help
              Display help text and exit.

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

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/.

util-linux                             June 2015                          MKFS.MINIX(8)

Usage:
 mkfs.minix [options] /dev/name [blocks]

Options:
 -1                      use Minix version 1
 -2, -v                  use Minix version 2
 -3                      use Minix version 3
 -n, --namelength <num>  maximum length of filenames
 -i, --inodes <num>      number of inodes for the filesystem
 -c, --check             check the device for bad blocks
 -l, --badblocks <file>  list of bad blocks from file

 -h, --help              display this help
 -V, --version           display version

For more details see mkfs.minix(8).