mkfs Command Examples

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 {{/dev/sdXY}}

• Build a filesystem of a specified type:

mkfs {{[-t|--type]}} {{ext4}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

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

mkfs -c {{[-t|--type]}} {{ntfs}} {{/dev/sdXY}}