cdist-type__filesystem7
Create filesystems.
Overview
This cdist type allows you to create filesystems on devices.
If the device is mounted on target, it refuses to do anything.
If the device has a filesystem other then the specified and/or the label is not correct, it only makes a new filesystem if you have specified --force option.
Required parameters
fstype-
Filesystem type, for example 'ext3', 'btrfs' or 'xfs'.
Optional parameters
device-
Blockdevice for filesystem, Defaults to object_id. On linux, it can be any lsblk accepted device notation.
For example: /dev/sdx or /dev/disk/by-xxxx/xxx or /dev/mapper/xxxx
label-
Label which should be applied on the filesystem.
mkfsoptions-
Additional options which are inserted to the mkfs.xxx call.
Boolean parameters
force-
Normally, this type does nothing if a filesystem is found on the target device. If you specify force, it's formatted if the filesystem type or label differs from parameters. Warning: This option can easily lead into data loss!
Messages
- filesystem <fstype> on <device> : <discoverd device> created
-
Filesystem was created on <discoverd device>
Examples
# Ensures that device /dev/sdb is formatted with xfs __filesystem /dev/sdb --fstype xfs --label Testdisk1 # The same thing with btrfs and disk spezified by pci path to disk 1:0 on vmware __filesystem dev_sdb --fstype btrfs --device /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:0b:00.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 --label Testdisk2 # Make sure that a multipath san device has a filesystem ... __filesystem dev_sdb --fstype xfs --device /dev/mapper/360060e80432f560050202f22000023ff --label Testdisk3
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Copyright (C) 2016 Daniel Heule. Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or any later version (GPLv3+).
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)
- Debian 9 (Stretch)