Linux Utilities Cookbook by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Packt Publishing

To make sure nothing went wrong, run fdisk /dev/sdb -l to get a listing. It should show the same as when we started.

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You may have noticed some other actions available on the fdisk help screen. You can change the way the units are displayed, list the known partition types, and a few other things. For more information, consult the fdisk man page.

Using mkfs to format a drive

The mkfs command builds a filesystem on the device (similar to formatting a drive). It determines the filesystem type and calls the appropriate mkfs.<type> program. For example, if you were to run mkfs -t ext4 /dev/sdb5, it would actually run the mkfs.ext4 program. The mkfs options are as follows:

-t: It specifies the type of filesystem desired

-V: It produces verbose output

-V: It displays version information if used as the only parameter

-h: It displays a help screen

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