The mkfs command is used to format a filesystem. It must be run as root.
The following are some common options for the mkfs command:
Supported filesystems include ext2, ext3, ext4, ms-dos, vfat, and ntfs.
Examples:| # mkfs /dev/sdb1 ←Default filesystem format is ext2 # mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1 ←Format partition "/dev/sdb1" as ext3 # mkfs -t ext4 -L lib /dev/sdb2 ←Format as ext4, with label "lib" # mkfs -t ext2 /dev/loop0p1 ←Format pseudo-device ("/dev/loop0" must be set up with losetup) |
For more examples and options, please refer to the link.