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<?dbhtml filename="creatingfs.html" dir="chapter04"?>
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<para>Once the partition is created, we have to create a new file system on
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-that partition. The standard file system used these days is the ext2
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-file system, but the so-called journaling file systems are becoming
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-increasingly popular too. It's of course up to you to decide which file
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-system you want to create, but because we have to assume and work with
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-something, we will assume you chose the ext2 file system.</para>
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+that partition. The standard file system used these days is the ext2 file
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+system, but the so-called journaling file systems are becoming increasingly
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+popular too. We'll assume that you wish to create an ext2 file system.
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+However, build instructions for other file systems may be found at
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+<ulink url="http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org/view/cvs/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>
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<para>To create an ext2 file system, use the mke2fs command. The LFS partition
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is used as the only option to the command and the file system is created.</para>
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