On Mon, 2002-03-04 at 10:52, DaZZa wrote:
> mkfs under Linux is usually a symbolic link to mkfs.ext2 or mke2fs
> {they're the same program with different names - depends on distribution}.
Not exactly.
>From mkfs(8)
In actuality, mkfs is simply a front-end for the various
file system builders (mkfs.fstype) available under Linux.
I've used mkfs in the past to create ext2, reiser and vfat filesystems
under Linux. From memory, I think it can do some guessing from the
partition table, but will otherwise usually default to ext2.
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