[X-Unix] Initialize via command line

[Doug McNutt]

At 16:36 -0700 4/13/04, Scott Haneda wrote:
>Is it possible to initialize a volume from the command line?

newfs_hfs

You'll probably have to use the Disk utility APPL to unmount the disk though.

umount didn't work for me.

And note that the -s option to newfs_hfs will allow you to create a case-sensitive file system. (But Panther may not boot from it.)

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