tldr/pages/linux/mkfs.md

mkfs

Build a Linux filesystem on a hard disk partition. This command is deprecated in favor of filesystem specific mkfs.type utils. More information: https://manned.org/mkfs.

• Build a Linux ext2 filesystem on a partition:

mkfs {{path/to/partition}}

• Build a filesystem of a specified type:

mkfs {{[-t|--type]}} {{ext4}} {{path/to/partition}}

• Build a filesystem of a specified type and check for bad blocks:

mkfs -c {{[-t|--type]}} {{ntfs}} {{path/to/partition}}