How to create a file system on disk partition on Ubuntu 20.04?

Answered 4 years ago (Jan 12, 2021) by Eldernode staff

Dear RobertOnce install a new disk, Ubuntu will access it. To create a Linux file system on the partition, here is an easy way:

 apt install xfsprogs

mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1 meta-data=/dev/sdb1 isize=512 agcount=4, agsize=524224 blks = sectsz=512 attr=2, projid32bit=1 = crc=1 finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0 = reflink=1 data = bsize=4096 blocks=2096896, imaxpct=25 = sunit=0 swidth=0 blks naming =version 2 bsize=4096 ascii-ci=0, ftype=1 log =internal log bsize=4096 blocks=2560, version=2 = sectsz=512 sunit=0 blks, lazy-count=1 realtime =none extsz=4096 blocks=0, rtextents=0

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