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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-04-14 01:10:15 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-04-14 01:10:15 +0000
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<para>
Once the partition is created, we have to create a new file system on
-that partition. To create an ext2 file system, use the mke2fs command.
-To create a reiser file system, the mkreiserfs command should be used.
-The new partition is used as the only option to the command and the file
-system is created. If the partition is hda11 and ext2 is to be created,
-run the following:
+that partition. The standard file system used these days is the ext2
+file system, but the socalled journaling file systems are becoming
+increasingly popular too. It's of course up to you to decide which file
+system you want to create, but because we have to assume and work with
+something, we will assume you chose the ext2 file system.
</para>
-<blockquote><literallayout>
-
- <userinput>mke2fs /dev/xxx</userinput>
-
-</literallayout></blockquote>
-
-<para>
-To create a reiser file system, run the following:
+To create an ext2 file system, use the mke2fs command. The LFS partition
+is used as the only option to the command and the file system is created.
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>
- <userinput>mkreiserfs /dev/xxx</userinput>
+ <userinput>mke2fs /dev/xxx</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>