Make Ext4 Filesystem (mkfs.ext4)

Using mkfs.ext4

To format a given partition, you use /sbin/mkfs.ext4 binary.

Initiate the Command

The command pattern is:

$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/path/to/partition

Here are some examples:

# normal simple hard disk partition

$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda

# cryptsetup disk partition

$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/sda2_crypt

# LVM partition

$ mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg00/vol_backups

Wait For Completion

Wait the command to be completed, if it's done. The partition is ready to be mounted for use.

That's all for mkfs.ext4 filesystem formatting.