NAME

mkfs (bfs) − construct a boot file system

SYNOPSIS

mkfs [−F bfs] special blocks [ inodes ]

DESCRIPTION

mkfs is used to create a boot file system, which is a contiguous flat file system, to hold the bootable programs and data files necessary for the boot procedure. 

The argument special is the device special file that refers to the slice on which the file system is to be created.  The blocks argument is used to specify the size of the file system.  The block size is automatically 512 bytes. 

The inodes argument specifies the number of files that the file system will hold. 

NOTES

This file system is intended to hold the bootable files and data files for the boot procedure.  Use as a general purpose file system is not recommended. 

  —  bfs