MKFS.BFS(8)
NAME
mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem
SYNOPSIS
mkfs.bfs [-N nr-of-inodes] [-V volume-name] [-F fsname] device [size- in-blocks]
DESCRIPTION
mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs file-system on a block device (usually a
disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).
The size-in-blocks parameter is the desired size of the file system, in
blocks. If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.
OPTIONS
- -N Specify the desired number of inodes (at most 512). If nothing
- is specified some default number in the range 48-512 is picked depending on the size of the partition.
- -V volume-label
- Specify the volume label. I have no idea if/where this is used.
- -F fsname
- Specify the fsname. I have no idea if/where this is used.
- -v Be verbose.
EXIT CODES
The exit code returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when
something went wrong.
SEE ALSO
AVAILABILITY
- The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.