mirror of
https://git.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs.git
synced 2025-01-19 13:37:39 +00:00
296762cd02
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@5318 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
63 lines
2.7 KiB
XML
63 lines
2.7 KiB
XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
|
|
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
|
|
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
|
|
%general-entities;
|
|
]>
|
|
<sect1 id="space-creatingfilesystem">
|
|
<title>Creating a File System on the Partition</title>
|
|
<?dbhtml filename="creatingfilesystem.html"?>
|
|
|
|
<para>Now that a blank partition has been set up, the file system can
|
|
be created. The most widely-used system in the Linux world is the
|
|
second extended file system (ext2), but with newer high-capacity
|
|
hard disks, journaling file systems are becoming increasingly
|
|
popular. We will create an ext2 file system, however build
|
|
instructions for other file systems can be found at <ulink
|
|
url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/filesystems.html"/>.</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>To create an ext2 file system on the LFS partition, run the following:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the LFS
|
|
partition (<filename class="devicefile">hda5</filename> in our previous example).</para>
|
|
|
|
<note><para>Some host distributions use custom features in their filesystem
|
|
creation tools (e2fsprogs). This can cause problems when booting into your new
|
|
LFS in Chapter 9, as those features will not be supported by the LFS-installed
|
|
e2fsprogs; you will get an error similar to <quote>unsupported filesystem
|
|
features, upgrade your e2fsprogs</quote>. To check if your host system
|
|
uses custom enhancements, run the following command:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>debugfs -R feature /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>If the output contains features other than: dir_index; filetype;
|
|
large_file; resize_inode or sparse_super then your host system may have custom
|
|
enhancements. In that case, to avoid later problems, you should compile the
|
|
stock e2fsprogs package and use the resulting binaries to re-create the
|
|
filesystem on your LFS partition:</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>cd /tmp
|
|
tar xjf /path/to/sources/e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;.tar.bz2
|
|
cd e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;
|
|
mkdir build
|
|
cd build
|
|
../configure
|
|
make #note that we intentionally don't 'make install' here!
|
|
./misc/mke2fs /dev/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable>
|
|
cd /tmp
|
|
rm -rf e2fsprogs-&e2fsprogs-version;</userinput></screen>
|
|
</note>
|
|
|
|
<para>If a swap partition was created, it will need to be initialized
|
|
as a swap partition by using the command below. If you are using an existing
|
|
swap partition, there is no need to format it.</para>
|
|
|
|
<screen><userinput>mkswap /dev/<replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable></userinput></screen>
|
|
|
|
<para>Replace <replaceable>[yyy]</replaceable> with the name of the swap
|
|
partition.</para>
|
|
|
|
</sect1>
|
|
|