Latest revision as of 18:29, 3 January 2022

Documentation how to use the Alpine distro to format HD/Floppy/Other.

Install

Alpine has multiple storage media formatting packages available. Different packages/programs are used to format different types of filesystems.

Here are some examples on how to use the formatting tools:

Note: /dev/sda1 is used as a example

# mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda1

# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1

# mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1

# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

# mkfs.f2fs /dev/sda1

If you need to change or make a partition table on a Hard Drive you want to format, you can use:

# fdisk /dev/sda

# cfdisk /dev/sda

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 = Install =
 Alpine has multiple storage media formatting packages available. Different packages/programs are used to format different types of filesystems.
-* {{Pkg|btrfs-progs}} - For BTRFS
+* {{Pkg|btrfs-progs}} - For [[Btrfs]]
 * {{Pkg|dosfstools}} - For FAT12/FAT16/FAT32
 * {{Pkg|e2fsprogs}} - For ext3/ext4
-* {{Pkg|f2fs-tools}} - For F2FS
+* {{Pkg|f2fs-tools}} - For [[F2FS]]
 * {{Pkg|jfsutils}} - For JFS
 * {{Pkg|ntfs-3g}} - For NTFS (Note: ntfs-3g is a FUSE driver)
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 {{Note|'''/dev/sda1''' is used as a example}}
-=== dosfstools ===
+==== btrfs-progs ====
-{{Cmd|mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda1}}
-=== e2fsprogs ===
+==== dosfstools ====
-{{Cmd|mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1}}
-mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
-mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1}}
-=== btrfs-progs ===
+==== e2fsprogs ====
-{{Cmd|mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda1}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1}}
+==== f2fs-tools ====
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.f2fs /dev/sda1}}
 = Partitions =
 If you need to change or make a partition table on a Hard Drive you want to format, you can use:
-=== fdisk ===
+==== fdisk ====
-{{Cmd|fdisk /dev/sda}}
+{{Cmd|# fdisk /dev/sda}}
+==== cfdisk ====
+{{Cmd|# cfdisk /dev/sda}}
 [[Category:Storage]]