CDIST-TYPE__INSTALL_MKFS(7)

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version 7.0.0 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 cdist-type__install_mkfs 💖

ok so bestie, you found the page for cdist-type__install_mkfs — that's the cdist type that's literally just a glow-up wrapper around the mkfs command, and it's here to build you a linux file system. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

cdist-type__install_mkfs — build a linux file system, no cap 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This cdist type is a wrapper for the mkfs command. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it wraps it, it runs it, you get a file system. iconic behavior honestly 💅

🔥 REQUIRED PARAMETERS 🔥

bestie you have to give it this one, it's not optional, it's the main character:

  • type — the filesystem type to use. same thing you'd hand to mkfs -t. that's the assignment, periodt. 👑

💜 OPTIONAL PARAMETERS 💜

these ones you can skip, but they're cute if you need them:

  • device — defaults to object_id. so if you don't say anything, it just uses your object_id and moves on with its life. 🫶
  • options — file system-specific options to be passed to the mkfs command. the little extra flavor. ✨
  • blocks — the number of blocks to be used for the file system. 🧚

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

here's the receipts, bestie, run these exactly as written:

# reiserfs /dev/sda5
__install_mkfs /dev/sda5 --type reiserfs

# same thing with explicit device
__install_mkfs whatever --device /dev/sda5 --type reiserfs

# jfs with journal on /dev/sda2
__install_mkfs /dev/sda1 --type jfs --options "-j /dev/sda2"

see how the third one spells out --device? same energy as the first, just louder. and the last one is out here journaling on /dev/sda2 while making the filesystem on /dev/sda1 — multitasking queen. 💀

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

  • mkfs(8) — go say hi, that's the whole parent command iykyk

💖 AUTHORS 💖

  • Steven Armstrong <steven-cdist--@--armstrong.cc> — thank you king, we love you 💜

📜 COPYING 📜

Copyright (C) 2011 Steven Armstrong. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ungleich GmbH 2021

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀 this was cdist version 7.0.0, dated Jul 31, 2022, and yes it was literally giving manual-page realness. go forth and mkfs responsibly, mwah 💅💖✨

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