build a Linux filesystem NAME mkfs - build a Linux filesystem SYNOPSIS mkfs [options] [ -t type ] [ fs-options ] device [ si......system or other content, it will execute binaries specific to each filesystem type (/sbin/mkfs. type or /sbin/mkswap). For certain file system types (currently ext2/ext3/ ext4 (…...system or other content, it will execute binaries specific to each filesystem type (/sbin/mkfs. type or /sbin/mkswap). For certain file system types (currently ext2/ext3/ ext4 (…...system or other content, it will execute binaries specific to each filesystem type (/sbin/mkfs. type or /sbin/mkswap). For certain file system types (currently ext2/ext3/ ext4 (…...ded setup is to use a separate partition for a Linux swap area. mkswap , like many others mkfs-like utils, erases the first partition block to make any previous filesystem invis….../dev/zero of=~/file.img bs=1024k count=10 # losetup --find --show ~/file.img /dev/loop0 # mkfs -t ext2 /dev/loop0 # mount /dev/loop0 /mnt ... # umount /dev/loop0 # losetup --det…...e. AUTHORS Theodore Ts’o <tytso@mit.edu>, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> SEE ALSO fstab (5), mkfs (8), fsck.ext2 (8) or fsck.ext3 (8) or e2fsck (8), fsck.cramfs (8), fsck.jfs (8), …...partition identifier. This identifier is independent on filesystem and does not change by mkfs or mkswap operations. It’s supported for example for GUID Partition Tables (GPT). …