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MKFS.NILFS2(8)							MKFS.NILFS2(8)

NAME
       mkfs.nilfs2 - create a NILFS2 filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       mkfs  -t nilfs2 [ -b block-size ] [ -B blocks-per-segment ] [ -c ] [ -f
       ] [ -K ] [ -L volume-label ] [ -m reserved-segments-percentage ] [ -n ]
       [ -O feature[,...]  ] [ -h ] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -V ] device

       mkfs.nilfs2 [ -b block-size ] [ -B blocks-per-segment ] [ -c ] [ -f ] [
       -K ] [ -L volume-label ] [ -m reserved-segments-percentage ] [ -n  ]  [
       -O feature[,...]	 ] [ -h ] [ -q ] [ -v ] [ -V ] device

DESCRIPTION
       mkfs.nilfs2  is	used  to create a nilfs2 filesystem (usually in a disk
       partition).  device is the special file	corresponding  to  the	device
       (e.g.   /dev/sdXX).  Usually  mkfs.nilfs2  is  invoked from the mkfs(8)
       front-end program.

       The exit code returned by mkfs.nilfs2 is 0 on success and 1 on failure.

OPTIONS
       -b block-size
	      Specify the size of blocks in bytes.  The valid  block  size  is
	      1024, 2048, 4096, 8192 bytes, ..., and the maximum block size is
	      restricted to the system page size.  For most  machines,	it  is
	      4096 bytes.  The default block size is 4096 bytes.

       -B blocks-per-segment
	      Specify  the  number  of	blocks in a segment, where the segment
	      (also called full segment) is an allocation unit of  disk	 space
	      of  NILFS.   This parameter gives the size of segment and conse‐
	      quently determines how many segments are aligned in  the	speci‐
	      fied  device.   The default number of blocks per segment is 2048
	      (= 8MB with 4KB blocks).

       -c     Check the device for bad blocks before building the filesystem.

       -f     Force overwrite when an existing filesystem is detected  on  the
	      device.  By default, mkfs.nilfs2 will not write to the device if
	      it suspects  that	 there is a filesystem on the device already.

       -h     Display help message and exit.

       -K     Keep, do not attempt to discard blocks at mkfs time  (discarding
	      blocks  initially	 is  useful on solid state drives and sparse /
	      thinly-provisioned storage).

       -L new-volume-label
	      Set the volume label for	the  filesystem	 to  new-volume-label.
	      The maximum length of the volume label is 80 bytes.

       -m reserved-segments-percentage
	      Specify the percentage of the segments reserved for garbage col‐
	      lection.	The default percentage is 5%.

       -n     Cause mkfs.nilfs2 to not actually create a filesystem, but  dis‐
	      play what it would be do if it were to create a filesystem.

       -O feature[,...]
	      Create   a   filesystem  with  the  given	 features  (filesystem
	      options), overriding the default filesystem options.

	      The filesystem feature set is comprised of a list	 of  features,
	      separated	 by commas, that are to be enabled.  To disable a fea‐
	      ture, simply prefix the feature name with a caret ('^')  charac‐
	      ter.   The  pseudo-filesystem  feature  "none"  will  clear  all
	      filesystem features.

	      block_count
		     Enable block count per checkpoint.

       -q     Quiet execution.	Useful if mkfs.nilfs2 is run in a script.

       -v     Verbose execution.

       -V     Print the version number of mkfs.nilfs2 and exit.

AUTHOR
       This version of mkfs.nilfs2 has been written by Ryusuke	Konishi	 <kon‐
       ishi.ryusuke@lab.ntt.co.jp>.

AVAILABILITY
       mkfs.nilfs2  is	part  of the nilfs-utils package and is available from
       http://nilfs.sourceforge.net.

SEE ALSO
       nilfs(8), mkfs(8), badblocks(8).

nilfs-utils version 2.2		   Apr 2014			MKFS.NILFS2(8)
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