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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) |