Imported from util-linux-2.9v tarball.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
index 2dd616484..260b4e099 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkfs.8
+++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.8
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ mkfs \- build a Linux file system
 is used to build a Linux file system on a device, usually
 a hard disk partition.
 .I filesys
-is either the device name (e.g. /dev/hda1, /dev/sdb2) or
-the mount point (e.g. /, /usr, /home) for the file system.
+is either the device name (e.g.
+.IR /dev/hda1 ,
+.IR /dev/sdb2 )
+or the mount point (e.g. 
+.IR / ,
+.IR /usr ,
+.IR /home )
+for the file system.
 .I blocks
 is the number of blocks to be used for the file system.
 .PP
@@ -38,9 +44,18 @@ is simply a front-end for the various file system builders
 (\fBmkfs\fR.\fIfstype\fR)
 available under Linux.
 The file system-specific builder is searched for in a number
-of directories like /sbin, /sbin/fs, /sbin/fs.d, /etc/fs, /etc
+of directories like perhaps
+.IR /sbin ,
+.IR /sbin/fs ,
+.IR /sbin/fs.d ,
+.IR /etc/fs ,
+.I /etc
 (the precise list is defined at compile time but at least
-contains /sbin and /sbin/fs), and finally in the directories
+contains
+.I /sbin
+and
+.IR /sbin/fs ),
+and finally in the directories
 listed in the PATH enviroment variable.
 Please see the file system-specific builder manual pages for
 further details.
@@ -93,8 +108,12 @@ Ron Sommeling (sommel@sci.kun.nl)
 The manual page was shamelessly adapted from Remy Card's version
 for the ext2 file system.
 .SH SEE ALSO
+.BR fs (5),
+.BR badblocks (8),
 .BR fsck (8),
-.BR mkfs.minix (8),
-.BR mkfs.ext (8),
+.BR mkdosfs (8),
+.BR mke2fs (8),
 .BR mkfs.ext2 (8),
-.BR mkfs.xiafs (8).
+.BR mkfs.minix (8),
+.BR mkfs.msdos (8),
+.BR mkfs.xiafs (8)