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<title>Creating a File System on the Partition</title>
<para>Now that a blank partition has been set up, the file system can be
created. LFS can use any file system recognized by the Linux kernel, but the
most common types are ext3 and ext4. The choice of file system can be
complex and depends on the characteristics of the files and the size of
<para>A partition is just a range of sectors on a disk drive, delimited by
boundaries set in a partition table. Before the operating system can use
a blank partition, the partition must be formatted to contain a file
system, typically consisting of a label, directory blocks, data blocks, and
an indexing scheme to locate a particular file on demand. The file system
also helps the OS keep track of free space on the partition, reserve the
needed sectors when a new file is created or an existing file is extended,
and recycle the free data segments created when files are deleted. It may
also provide support for data redundancy, and for error recovery.</para>
<para>LFS can use any file system recognized by the Linux kernel, but the
most common types are ext3 and ext4. The choice of the right file system can be
complex; it depends on the characteristics of the files and the size of
the partition. For example:</para>
<variablelist>
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ext4</term>
<listitem><para>is the latest version of the ext file system family of
partition types. It provides several new capabilities including
nano-second timestamps, creation and use of very large files (16 TB), and
speed improvements.</para>
<listitem><para>is the latest version of the ext family of
file systems. It provides several new capabilities including
nano-second timestamps, creation and use of very large files
(up to 16 TB), and speed improvements.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Other file systems, including FAT32, NTFS, ReiserFS, JFS, and XFS are
useful for specialized purposes. More information about these file systems
can be found at <ulink
useful for specialized purposes. More information about these file systems,
and many others, can be found at <ulink
url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems"/>.</para>
<para>LFS assumes that the root file system (/) is of type ext4. To create
<para>LFS assumes that the root file system (/) is of type ext4. To create
an <systemitem class="filesystem">ext4</systemitem> file system on the LFS
partition, run the following:</para>
partition, issue the following command:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>mkfs -v -t ext4 /dev/<replaceable>&lt;xxx&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>