mkfs.ext4
Create an ext4 filesystem inside a partition. More information: https://manned.org/mkfs.ext4.
- Create an ext4 filesystem inside partition 1 on device b (
sdb1):
sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
- Create an ext4 filesystem with a volume-label:
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L volume_label /dev/sdb1