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<sect1 id="ch04-creatingfs">
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-<title>Creating a ext2 file system on the new partition</title>
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+<title>Creating a file system on the new partition</title>
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<para>
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-Once the partition is created, we have to create a new ext2 file system on
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-that partition. To create a new ext2 file system we use the mke2fs command.
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-Enter the new partition as the only option and the file system will be
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-created. If your partition is hda11, you would run:
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+Once the partition is created, we have to create a new file system on
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+that partition. If you want to create an ext2 file system, use the mke2fs
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+command. If you want to create a reiser file system, use the mkreiserfs
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+command. If you want to create a different kind of file system, use the
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+appropriate command. Enter the new partition as the only option to the
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+command and the file system will be created. If your partition is hda2
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+and you want ext2 you would run:
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</para>
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<blockquote><literallayout>
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- <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda11</userinput>
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+ <userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda2</userinput>
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+
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+</literallayout></blockquote>
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+
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+<para>
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+If you want reiserfs you would run:
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+</para>
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+
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+<blockquote><literllayout>
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+
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+ <userinput>mkreiserfs /dev/hda2</userinput>
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</literallayout></blockquote>
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