| 123456789101112131415161718 | <sect1 id="ch04-creatingfs"><title>Creating a ext2 file system on the new partition</title><para>Once the partition is created, we have to create a new ext2 file system onthat partition. To create a new ext2 file system we use the mke2fs command.Enter the new partition as the only option and the file system will becreated. If your partition is hda11, you would run:</para><blockquote><literallayout>	<userinput>mke2fs /dev/hda11</userinput></literallayout></blockquote></sect1>
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