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+# mkfs
+
+> Build a Linux filesystem on a hard disk partition.
+> This command is deprecated in favor of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils.
+
+- Build a Linux ext2 filesystem on a partition:
+
+`mkfs {{path/to/partition}}`
+
+- Build a filesystem of a specified type:
+
+`mkfs -t {{ext4}} {{path/to/partition}}`
+
+- Build a filesystem of a specified type and check for bad blocks:
+
+`mkfs -c -t {{ntfs}} {{path/to/partition}}`