Format a Filesystem with commandline

# fdformat -n /dev/fd0

format a floppy disk [man]

# mke2fs /dev/hda1

create a filesystem type linux ext2 on hda1 partition [man]

# mke2fs -j /dev/hda1

create a filesystem type linux ext3 (journal) on hda1 partition [man]

# mkfs /dev/hda1

create a filesystem type linux on hda1 partition [man]

# mkfs -t vfat 32 -F /dev/hda1

create a FAT32 filesystem [man]

# mkswap /dev/hda3

create a swap filesystem [man]