fc4: create a new ext3 (journal) filesystem

M Daniel R M danes16subscrip3 at ya.com
Thu Aug 18 21:37:33 UTC 2005


> To build an ext3 filesystem:
> 
> 	mke2fs -j /dev/hda4
> 
> Or
> 
> 	mke2fs /dev/hda4
> 	tune2fs -j /dev/hda4
> 
> The man pages are your friends.  "man mke2fs" and "man tune2fs".
> 

Or...

/sbin/mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda4

Maybe the option -L labelname were desired at the same time.


P.S. This tool will not create any partition, but will give a FS to an
already existing one. If new partitions are needed, i think the easiest
way is to use parted. 

Man ...


Regards




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