2 .TH MKE2FS 8 "March 1994" "Version 0.5"
4 mke2fs \- create a Linux second extended file system
30 reserved-blocks-percentage
41 is used to create a Linux second extended file system on a device (usually
45 is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g /dev/hdXX).
48 is the number of blocks on the device. If omitted,
50 automagically figures the file system size.
54 Specify the size of blocks in bytes.
57 Check the device for bad blocks before creating the file system, using a
61 Specify the size of fragments in bytes.
64 Specify the bytes/inode ratio.
66 creates an inode for every
68 bytes of space on the disk. This value defaults to 4096 bytes.
70 must be at least 1024.
73 Read the bad blocks list from
77 .I -m reserved-blocks-percentage
78 Specify the percentage of reserved blocks for the super-user. This value
82 .\" Check the device for bad blocks before creating the file system
83 .\" using the specified test.
90 has been written by Theodore T'so <tytso@mit.edu>.
93 accepts the -f option but currently ignores it because the second
94 extended file system does not support fragments yet.
96 There may be some other ones. Please, report them to the author.
99 is available for anonymous ftp from ftp.ibp.fr (132.227.60.2) in
100 /pub/linux/BETA/ext2fs.