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diff --git a/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 b/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 index 6a9c7931c..2325805a2 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkfs.minix.8 @@ -1,11 +1,10 @@ .\" Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) .\" May be freely distributed. -.\" " for emacs hilit19 mode -.TH MKFS 8 "2 July 1996" "Util-linux 2.6" "Linux System Administrator's Manual" +.TH MKFS.MINIX 8 "2 July 1996" "Util-linux 2.6" "Linux System Administrator's Manual" .SH NAME -mkfs \- make a Linux MINIX filesystem +mkfs.minix \- make a Linux MINIX filesystem .SH SYNOPSIS -.BR "mkfs [ \-c | \-l filename ] [ \-n" +.BR "mkfs.minix [ \-c | \-l filename ] [ \-n" namelength .B ] [ \-i inodecount @@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ device size-in-blocks .B ] .SH DESCRIPTION -.B mkfs +.B mkfs.minix creates a Linux MINIX file-system on a device (usually a disk partition). The @@ -33,14 +32,11 @@ is usually of the following form: The .I size-in-blocks -parameter is the desired size of the file system, in blocks. This -information can be determined from the -.BR fdisk (8) -or -.BR cfdisk (8) -program. If omitted it will be determined automaticaly. Only block -counts strictly greater than 10 and strictly less than 65536 are -allowed. +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. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B \-c @@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ are found, the count is printed. .BI \-n " namelength" Specify the maximum length of filenames. Currently, the only allowable values are 14 and 30. -.B 30 is the default. +The default is 30. .TP .BI \-i " inodecount" Specify the number of inodes for the filesystem. @@ -76,24 +72,4 @@ Usage or syntax error .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mkfs (8), .BR fsck (8), -.BR mke2fs (8), -.BR e2fsck (8), .BR reboot (8) -.\" .SH AUTHORS -.\" Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi). -.\" .br -.\" Error code values by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) -.\" .br -.\" Inode request feature by Scott Heavner (sdh@po.cwru.edu) -.\" .br -.\" Support for the file system valid flag by Dr. Wettstein -.\" (greg%wind.uucp@plains.nodak.edu) -.\" .br -.\" Check to prevent mkfs of mounted filesystem and boot sector clearing -.\" by Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com) -.\" .br -.\" Minix v2 support by Andreas Schwab -.\" (schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de), updated by Nicolai -.\" Langfeldt (janl@math.uio.no) -.\" .br -.\" Portability patch by Russell King. |