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If you need to change or make a partition table on a Hard Drive you want to format, you can use: | 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 === | ==== cfdisk ==== | ||
{{Cmd|# cfdisk /dev/sda}} | {{Cmd|# cfdisk /dev/sda}} | ||
[[Category:Storage]] | [[Category:Storage]] | ||
Revision as of 19:01, 28 December 2021
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.
- btrfs-progs - For BTRFS
- dosfstools - For FAT12/FAT16/FAT32
- e2fsprogs - For ext3/ext4
- f2fs-tools - For F2FS
- jfsutils - For JFS
- ntfs-3g - For NTFS (Note: ntfs-3g is a FUSE driver)
- xfsprogs - For XFS
Format
Here are some examples on how to use the formatting tools:
Note: /dev/sda1 is used as a example
btrfs-progs
mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda1
dosfstools
mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1
e2fsprogs
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1 mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
f2fs-tools
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 /dev/sda
cfdisk
# cfdisk /dev/sda