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.

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

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-[[Category:Storage]]
 Documentation how to use the Alpine distro to format HD/Floppy/Other.
-== Install ==
+= Install =
 Alpine has multiple storage media formatting packages available. Different packages/programs are used to format different types of filesystems.
-* dosfstools
+* {{Pkg|btrfs-progs}} - For [[Btrfs]]
-* reiserfsprogs
+* {{Pkg|dosfstools}} - For FAT12/FAT16/FAT32
-* e2fsprogs
+* {{Pkg|e2fsprogs}} - For ext3/ext4
-* xfsprogs
+* {{Pkg|f2fs-tools}} - For [[F2FS]]
-* jfsutils
+* {{Pkg|jfsutils}} - For JFS
-* ntfsprogs
+* {{Pkg|ntfs-3g}} - For NTFS (Note: ntfs-3g is a FUSE driver)
+* {{Pkg|xfsprogs}} - For XFS
+= Format =
+Here are some examples on how to use the formatting tools:
+{{Note|'''/dev/sda1''' is used as a example}}
-In our example we want to format the floppy as vfat.
+==== btrfs-progs ====
-{{Cmd|apk add dosfstools}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.btrfs /dev/sda1}}
-== Format ==
+==== dosfstools ====
-Here are some examples on how to use the formatting tools:
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.vfat /dev/sda1}}
-=== dosfstools ===
+==== e2fsprogs ====
-{{Cmd|mkfs.vfat /dev/fd0}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.ext2 /dev/sda1}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1}}
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1}}
-=== e2fsprogs ===
+==== f2fs-tools ====
-{{Cmd|mkfs.ext2 /dev/fd0
-mkfs.ext3 /dev/fd0}}
-== Other devices ==
+{{Cmd|# mkfs.f2fs /dev/sda1}}
-In our case we want to format a floppy disk. (/dev/fd0) You can change /dev/fd0 to the device you want to format.
-== Partitions ==
+= 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/hdc}}
+{{Cmd|# fdisk /dev/sda}}
+==== cfdisk ====
+{{Cmd|# cfdisk /dev/sda}}
+[[Category:Storage]]