How can I format a partition into a filesystem quickly?
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In gparted, repartitioning a disk into one single partition and formatting the partition to a filesystem is very fast. It seems not write zeros to the partition.
How can I achieve the same when using commands? Here is what I got:
$ sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdb1
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Initializing device with zeroes: 14% 16%
filesystems mkfs
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
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In gparted, repartitioning a disk into one single partition and formatting the partition to a filesystem is very fast. It seems not write zeros to the partition.
How can I achieve the same when using commands? Here is what I got:
$ sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdb1
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Initializing device with zeroes: 14% 16%
filesystems mkfs
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
add a comment |
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1
1
In gparted, repartitioning a disk into one single partition and formatting the partition to a filesystem is very fast. It seems not write zeros to the partition.
How can I achieve the same when using commands? Here is what I got:
$ sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdb1
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Initializing device with zeroes: 14% 16%
filesystems mkfs
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
In gparted, repartitioning a disk into one single partition and formatting the partition to a filesystem is very fast. It seems not write zeros to the partition.
How can I achieve the same when using commands? Here is what I got:
$ sudo mkfs -t ntfs /dev/sdb1
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Initializing device with zeroes: 14% 16%
filesystems mkfs
filesystems mkfs
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
edited Feb 27 at 13:00
Rui F Ribeiro
41.7k1483142
41.7k1483142
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
asked Feb 27 at 12:20
TimTim
28.1k78269490
28.1k78269490
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If you would like to format a partition as NTFS, please use mkfs.ntfs or mkntfs. From man mkfs:
This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific
mkfs.<type> utils.
For NTFS, you can add the -f or -Q flag to perform a quick format. From man mkntfs:
-f, --fast, -Q, --quick
Perform quick (fast) format. This will skip both zeroing of the volume and bad sector checking.
Therefore, your command should be:
$ sudo mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdb1
answered Feb 27 at 12:27
mxmehlmxmehl
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Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
4
@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
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If you would like to format a partition as NTFS, please use mkfs.ntfs or mkntfs. From man mkfs:
This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific
mkfs.<type> utils.
For NTFS, you can add the -f or -Q flag to perform a quick format. From man mkntfs:
-f, --fast, -Q, --quick
Perform quick (fast) format. This will skip both zeroing of the volume and bad sector checking.
Therefore, your command should be:
$ sudo mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdb1
answered Feb 27 at 12:27
mxmehlmxmehl
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Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
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@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
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If you would like to format a partition as NTFS, please use mkfs.ntfs or mkntfs. From man mkfs:
This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific
mkfs.<type> utils.
For NTFS, you can add the -f or -Q flag to perform a quick format. From man mkntfs:
-f, --fast, -Q, --quick
Perform quick (fast) format. This will skip both zeroing of the volume and bad sector checking.
Therefore, your command should be:
$ sudo mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdb1
answered Feb 27 at 12:27
mxmehlmxmehl
536
Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
4
@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
add a comment |
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If you would like to format a partition as NTFS, please use mkfs.ntfs or mkntfs. From man mkfs:
This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific
mkfs.<type> utils.
For NTFS, you can add the -f or -Q flag to perform a quick format. From man mkntfs:
-f, --fast, -Q, --quick
Perform quick (fast) format. This will skip both zeroing of the volume and bad sector checking.
Therefore, your command should be:
$ sudo mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdb1
answered Feb 27 at 12:27
mxmehlmxmehl
536
If you would like to format a partition as NTFS, please use mkfs.ntfs or mkntfs. From man mkfs:
This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific
mkfs.<type> utils.
For NTFS, you can add the -f or -Q flag to perform a quick format. From man mkntfs:
-f, --fast, -Q, --quick
Perform quick (fast) format. This will skip both zeroing of the volume and bad sector checking.
Therefore, your command should be:
$ sudo mkfs.ntfs -f /dev/sdb1
answered Feb 27 at 12:27
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answered Feb 27 at 12:27
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answered Feb 27 at 12:27
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Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
4
@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
add a comment |
Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
4
@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
Thanks. Why "This mkfs frontend is deprecated in favour of filesystem specific mkfs.<type> utils."?
– Tim
Feb 27 at 12:43
4
4
@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim why do you keep asking why things are deprecated? If the documentation tells you so, isn’t that good enough for you?
– Stephen Kitt
Feb 27 at 12:58
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
@Tim glad it worked. Would you please mark my answer as accepted if it lead you to a solution? I can only speculate why it has been deprecated. Probably because it's a good approach to have specialised tools for such complicated operations.
– mxmehl
Feb 27 at 14:56
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