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MKFS.MINIX(8)	      Linux System Administrator's Manual	 MKFS.MINIX(8)

NAME
       mkfs.minix - make a Linux MINIX filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       mkfs.minix [-c|-l filename] [-n namelength] [-i inodecount] [-v] device
       [size-in-blocks]

DESCRIPTION
       mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX file-system on	a  device  (usually  a
       disk partition).

       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 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.

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

       -n namelength
	      Specify  the  maximum  length of filenames.  Currently, the only
	      allowable values are 14 and 30.  The default is  30.  Note  that
	      kernels older than 0.99p7 only accept namelength 14.

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

       -l filename
	      Read  the	 bad  blocks list from filename.  The file has one bad
	      block number per line.  The count of bad blocks read is printed.

       -v     Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.

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

AVAILABILITY
       The mkfs.minix command is part of  the  util-linux-ng  package  and  is
       available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.

Util-linux 2.6			  2 July 1996			 MKFS.MINIX(8)
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