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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-02-28 00:08:17 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-02-28 00:08:17 +0000
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parentc81e81ce3b90b1a53108d807eb285c238627e73c (diff)
Made creation of file system more generic as ext2 isn't the only one
used (reiserfs is often used too now) git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@242 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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<sect1 id="ch04-creatingfs">
-<title>Creating a ext2 file system on the new partition</title>
+<title>Creating a file system on the new partition</title>
<para>
-Once the partition is created, we have to create a new ext2 file system on
-that partition. To create a new ext2 file system we use the mke2fs command.
-Enter the new partition as the only option and the file system will be
-created. If your partition is hda11, you would run:
+Once the partition is created, we have to create a new file system on
+that partition. If you want to create an ext2 file system, use the mke2fs
+command. If you want to create a reiser file system, use the mkreiserfs
+command. If you want to create a different kind of file system, use the
+appropriate command. Enter the new partition as the only option to the
+command and the file system will be created. If your partition is hda2
+and you want ext2 you would run:
</para>
<blockquote><literallayout>
- <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda11</userinput>
+ <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda2</userinput>
+
+</literallayout></blockquote>
+
+<para>
+If you want reiserfs you would run:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><literllayout>
+
+ <userinput>mkreiserfs /dev/hda2</userinput>
</literallayout></blockquote>