man 8 mkfs.minix

MKFS.MINIX(8)                System Administration               MKFS.MINIX(8)

NAME
       mkfs.minix - make a Minix filesystem

SYNOPSIS
       mkfs.minix [options] device [size-in-blocks]

DESCRIPTION
       mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX filesystem on a device (usually a disk
       partition).

       The device is usually of the following form:

           /dev/hda[1-8] (IDE disk 1)
           /dev/hdb[1-8] (IDE disk 2)
           /dev/sda[1-8] (SCSI disk 1)
           /dev/sdb[1-8] (SCSI disk 2)

       The device may be a block device or an image file of one, but this is
       not enforced. Expect not much fun on a character device :-).

       The size-in-blocks parameter is the desired size of the file system, in
       blocks. It is present only for backwards compatibility. If omitted the
       size will be determined automatically. Only block counts strictly
       greater than 10 and strictly less than 65536 are allowed.

OPTIONS
       -c, --check
           Check the device for bad blocks before creating the filesystem. If
           any are found, the count is printed.

       -n, --namelength length
           Specify the maximum length of filenames. Currently, the only
           allowable values are 14 and 30 for file system versions 1 and 2.
           Version 3 allows only value 60. The default is 30.

       --lock[=mode]
           Use exclusive BSD lock for device or file it operates. The optional
           argument mode can be yes, no (or 1 and 0) or nonblock. If the mode
           argument is omitted, it defaults to "yes". This option overwrites
           environment variable $LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE. The default is not to use
           any lock at all, but it's recommended to avoid collisions with
           udevd or other tools.

       -i, --inodes number
           Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem.

       -l, --badblocks filename
           Read the list of bad blocks from filename. The file has one
           bad-block number per line. The count of bad blocks read is printed.

       -1
           Make a Minix version 1 filesystem. This is the default.

       -2, -v
           Make a Minix version 2 filesystem.

       -3
           Make a Minix version 3 filesystem.

       -V, --version
           Display version information and exit. The long option cannot be
           combined with other options.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

ENVIRONMENT
       LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE=<mode> 
           use exclusive BSD lock. The mode is "1" or "0". See --lock for more
           details.

EXIT STATUS
       The exit status returned by mkfs.minix is one of the following:

       0
           No errors

       8
           Operational error

       16
           Usage or syntax error

SEE ALSO
       fsck(8), mkfs(8), reboot(8)

REPORTING BUGS
       For bug reports, use the issue tracker at
       https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues.

AVAILABILITY
       The mkfs.minix command is part of the util-linux package which can be
       downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.37.4                 2022-02-14                     MKFS.MINIX(8)