MKFS.EXT4(8) (NAME) mkfs.ext4 - ext4 (SYNOPSIS) mkfs.ext4 [ ] [ _ ] (DESCRIPTION) mkfs.ext4 ext4 . ( ) . _ ( fs-size) . _ -b _ _ _ . 'k' 'm' 'g' 't' ( ) . _ mkfs.ext4 . mke2fs mkfs.XXX ( mkfs.ext2 mkfs.ext3 mkfs.ext4) -t XXX mkfs.ext4 ext4 . /etc/mke2fs.conf . mke2fs.conf(5) . (OPTIONS) -b _ . ( -- x86 ppc64 aarch64 ). ( -T ). . _ ('-') mkfs.ext4 _ . . -c . / . -C _ bigalloc . . bigalloc . ( bigalloc ext4(5) ). bigalloc . -d _|tarball tar . mke2fs libarchive libarchive . <<->> . -D / (Direct I/O) . mkfs.ext4 . mkfs.ext4 Direct I/O . -e ___ . e2fsck(8) . ___ : continue . remount-ro . panic (kernel panic). -E _ . ('=') . -E mke2fs -R . -R . : assume_storage_prezeroed[= <0 1 >] mkfs.ext4 . discard (discard / TRIM) mkfs ( SSD ). ( discard ) . . . encoding=_ casefold ( ) _ . _ mke2fs.conf(5) . encoding_flags=_ . . _ . <> . strict . strict . lazy_itable_init[= <0 1 >] uninit_bg mkfs.ext4 . . . lazy_journal_init[= <0 1 >] mkfs.ext4 . (crash) . . mmp_update_interval= MMP ( ) . . . mmp . nodiscard (discard) . no_copy_xattrs mkfs.ext4 (xattrs) -d . . num_backup_sb=<0|1|2> sparse_super2 . offset= () . . orphan_file_size= (truncate) . . packed_meta_blocks[= <0 1 >] . flex_bg . SLC . (Shingled Drives) . quotatype (usrquota grpquota prjquota) . . quota . . . resize=___ ___ . revision=_ . 0 1.2 ( ) . . ( ) 1 . root_owner[=uid:gid] (UID:GID) . UID GID mkfs.ext4 . 1.42 UID GID . root_owner= . root_perms[=] () . (umask) . stride=_stride RAID _stride . (chunk size) . . . stripe_width=_stripe RAID _stripe (stripe) . _stride N N RAID ( RAID 5 N ). -- RAID . test_fs ext4dev . -F mkfs.ext4 . mkfs.ext4 ( ) . -g ___ . . ( RAID RAID stride -E ). . bigalloc -g . -G _ ( <>) ext4 . . flex_bg . -i __ . mkfs.ext4 __ . __ . . . . -I _ . _ . . . . . mke2fs.conf(5) . mke2fs.conf e2fsprogs GNU Hurd . -j ext3/ext4 . -J ( ) . . -J _ . ('=') . : device=_ _ . : mke2fs -O journal_dev _ _ . e2fsck(8) . _ LABEL= UUID=_UUID . UUID dumpe2fs(8) . -L tune2fs(8) . fast_commit_size=_fast_commit (fast commit) _fast_commit . fast_commit . fast_commit . _ (_fast_commit ) . ( ) . location=_ . _ ( 'M' 'G' ) . size=_ ( ) _ . ( ) ( ) . size device . -l _ _ . mkfs.ext4 . -c mkfs.ext4 mkfs.ext4 badblocks . -L __ __ . . -m __ ( ) . (fragmentation) root syslogd(8) . . -M __ . . -n mkfs.ext4 . ( -n!). -N _ ( __ ) . . -o _ <> . mkfs.ext4 . -O [^][,...] . base_features [defaults] /etc/mke2fs.conf [fs_types] -T features [fs_types] . mke2fs.conf(5) . [fs_types] [defaults] . default_features [defaults] . . ('^') . . <> . ext4(5) . -q . mkfs.ext4 . -S . . mkfs.ext4 . e2fsck . mkfs.ext4 . . . -t _ ( ext2 ext3 ext4 ) . mkfs.ext4 /etc/mke2fs.conf . fstypes /etc/mke2fs.conf . -O _ . -T _[,...] mkfs.ext4 . /etc/mke2fs.conf . . mkfs.ext4 : floppy small big huge default . -U _UUID (UUID) _UUID . UUID <>. _UUID : clear UUID . random UUID . time UUID . -v (verbose). -V mke2fs . -z _ (undo file) . e2undo(8) . _ mke2fs-.e2undo E2FSPROGS_UNDO_DIR undo_dir . : . (ENVIRONMENT) MKE2FS_SYNC sync(2) . MKE2FS_CONFIG ( mke2fs.conf(5) ). MKE2FS_FIRST_META_BG (meta block group) . . MKE2FS_DEVICE_SECTSIZE . MKE2FS_DEVICE_PHYS_SECTSIZE . MKE2FS_SKIP_CHECK_MSG . (AUTHOR) mke2fs Theodore Ts'o . (AVAILABILITY) mkfs.ext4 e2fsprogs http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net . (SEE ALSO) mke2fs.conf(5) badblocks(8) dumpe2fs(8) e2fsck(8) tune2fs(8) ext4(5) e2fsprogs MKFS.EXT4(8)