<!-- Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard College. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE UNIVERSITY OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. --> <html> <head> <title>mksfs</title> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <h2 align=center>mksfs</h2> <h4 align=center>OS/161 Reference Manual</h4> <h3>Name</h3> <p> mksfs - create an SFS filesystem </p> <h3>Synopsis</h3> <p> <tt>/sbin/mksfs</tt> <em>raw-device</em> <em>volname</em> <br> <tt>host-mksfs</tt> <em>disk-image-file</em> <em>volname</em> </p> <h3>Description</h3> <p> <tt>mksfs</tt> creates a new SFS filesystem on the specified device or disk image. The volume name is set to <em>volname</em>. </p> <p> If <tt>mksfs</tt> is used under OS/161, the first form should be used, where <em>raw-device</em> is a raw device name (such as "lhd1raw:"). Don't use a device that's already mounted. Don't use a device that's being used for swap, either. </p> <p> <tt>mksfs</tt> can also be used on the System/161 host OS, in which case the second form should be used. The host-compiled version of <tt>mksfs</tt> knows how to deal with the header on System/161 disk images and does the right thing. </p> <p> Note that as of this writing <tt>host-mksfs</tt> cannot create System/161 disk image files. This is a bug and will hopefully be addressed eventually. </p> <h3>Requirements</h3> <p> <tt>mksfs</tt> uses the following system calls: <ul> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/open.html>open</A> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/read.html>read</A> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/write.html>write</A> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/lseek.html>lseek</A> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/fstat.html>fstat</A> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/close.html>close</A> <li> <A HREF=../syscall/_exit.html>_exit</A> </ul> </p> <p> <tt>mksfs</tt> should function properly under OS/161 once the file system assignment is complete. </p> <p> The host version of <tt>mksfs</tt>, since it runs outside of OS/161, should always work regardless of what you have and have not implemented. </p> <p> You will likely need to make some changes to <tt>mksfs</tt> in the course of doing the file system assignment. </p> <h3>See Also</h3> <p> <A HREF=dumpsfs.html>dumpsfs</A>, <A HREF=sfsck.html>sfsck</A> </p> </body> </html>