mkfs question

Aro2Matic · 11-27-2007, 03:53 AM

Hi,

i have installed a light linux version on my new hardware platform with usb 2, and i want to use it to write flash cards fast through this usb 2. On the machine i used before i used system files to format new partitions like mkfs.ext2 and mkfs.reiserfs but those are not on this linux distribution. (i'm using iMedia desktop version).

Does anyone know where i can get these files or how i can add them?

tia

gilead · 11-27-2007, 10:44 PM

I'm assuming your mkfs is a similar one to mine (Slackware)... Have a look at the man page for mkfs, you should still be able to use it. As an example, use mkfs -t ext3 to create an ext3 file system.

onebuck · 11-28-2007, 08:55 AM

Hi,

Man Oh Man, why don't people use 'man'?

Quote:

excerpt from 'man mkfs';

NAME
mkfs - build a Linux file system

SYNOPSIS
mkfs [ -V ] [ -t fstype ] [ fs-options ] filesys [ blocks ]

DESCRIPTION
mkfs is used to build a Linux file system on a device, usually a hard
disk partition. filesys is either the device name (e.g. /dev/hda1,
/dev/sdb2) or the mount point (e.g. /, /usr, /home) for the file sys-
tem. blocks is the number of blocks to be used for the file system.

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

In actuality, mkfs is simply a front-end for the various file system
builders (mkfs.fstype) available under Linux. The file system-specific
builder is searched for in a number of directories like perhaps /sbin,
/sbin/fs, /sbin/fs.d, /etc/fs, /etc (the precise list is defined at
compile time but at least contains /sbin and /sbin/fs), and finally in
the directories listed in the PATH enviroment variable. Please see the
file system-specific builder manual pages for further details.

Please note the last paragraph.