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36.Dd April 4, 2021
37.Dt MAKEFS 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm makefs
41.Nd create a file system image from a directory tree
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Op Fl LrxZ
45.Op Fl B Ar endian
46.Op Fl b Ar free-blocks
47.Op Fl d Ar debug-mask
48.Op Fl F Ar mtree-specfile
49.Op Fl f Ar free-files
50.Op Fl M Ar minimum-size
51.Op Fl m Ar maximum-size
52.Op Fl N Ar userdb-dir
53.Op Fl O Ar offset
54.Op Fl o Ar fs-options
55.Op Fl S Ar sector-size
56.Op Fl s Ar image-size
57.Op Fl T Ar timestamp
58.Op Fl t Ar fs-type
59.Ar image-file
60.Ar directory
61.Op Ar extra-directory ...
62.Sh DESCRIPTION
63The utility
64.Nm
65creates a file system image into
66.Ar image-file
67from the directory tree
68.Ar directory .
69If any optional directory trees are passed in the
70.Ar extra-directory
71arguments, then the directory tree of each argument will be merged
72into the
73.Ar directory
74first before creating
75.Ar image-file .
76No special devices or privileges are required to perform this task.
77.Pp
78The options are as follows:
79.Bl -tag -width flag
80.It Fl B Ar endian
81Set the byte order of the image to
82.Ar endian .
83Valid byte orders are
84.Ql 4321 ,
85.Ql big ,
86or
87.Ql be
88for big endian, and
89.Ql 1234 ,
90.Ql little ,
91or
92.Ql le
93for little endian.
94Some file systems may have a fixed byte order; in those cases this
95argument will be ignored.
96.It Fl b Ar free-blocks
97Ensure that a minimum of
98.Ar free-blocks
99free blocks exist in the image.
100An optional
101.Ql %
102suffix may be provided to indicate that
103.Ar free-blocks
104indicates a percentage of the calculated image size.
105.It Fl d Ar debug-mask
106Enable various levels of debugging, depending upon which bits are
107set in
108.Ar debug-mask .
109XXX: document these
110.It Fl F Ar mtree-specfile
111Use
112.Ar mtree-specfile
113as an
114.Xr mtree 8
115.Sq specfile
116specification.
117.Pp
118If a specfile entry exists in the underlying file system, its
119permissions and modification time will be used unless specifically
120overridden by the specfile.
121An error will be raised if the type of entry in the specfile
122conflicts with that of an existing entry.
123.Pp
124In the opposite case (where a specfile entry does not have an entry
125in the underlying file system) the following occurs:
126If the specfile entry is marked
127.Sy optional ,
128the specfile entry is ignored.
129Otherwise, the entry will be created in the image, and it is
130necessary to specify at least the following parameters in the
131specfile:
132.Sy type ,
133.Sy mode ,
134.Sy gname ,
135or
136.Sy gid ,
137and
138.Sy uname
139or
140.Sy uid ,
141.Sy device
142(in the case of block or character devices), and
143.Sy link
144(in the case of symbolic links).
145If
146.Sy time
147isn't provided, the current time will be used.
148If
149.Sy flags
150isn't provided, the current file flags will be used.
151Missing regular file entries will be created as zero-length files.
152.It Fl f Ar free-files
153Ensure that a minimum of
154.Ar free-files
155free files (inodes) exist in the image.
156An optional
157.Ql %
158suffix may be provided to indicate that
159.Ar free-files
160indicates a percentage of the calculated image size.
161.It Fl L
162All symbolic links are followed.
163.It Fl M Ar minimum-size
164Set the minimum size of the file system image to
165.Ar minimum-size .
166.It Fl m Ar maximum-size
167Set the maximum size of the file system image to
168.Ar maximum-size .
169An error will be raised if the target file system needs to be larger
170than this to accommodate the provided directory tree.
171.It Fl N Ar userdb-dir
172Use the user database text file
173.Pa master.passwd
174and group database text file
175.Pa group
176from
177.Ar userdb-dir ,
178rather than using the results from the system's
179.Xr getpwnam 3
180and
181.Xr getgrnam 3
182(and related) library calls.
183.It Fl O Ar offset
184Instead of creating the file system at the beginning of the file, start
185at offset.
186Valid only for
187.Sy ffs
188and
189.Sy msdos .
190.It Fl o Ar fs-options
191Set file system specific options.
192.Ar fs-options
193is a comma separated list of options.
194Valid file system specific options are detailed below.
195.It Fl r
196When merging multiple directories replace duplicate files with the last found.
197.It Fl S Ar sector-size
198Set the file system sector size to
199.Ar sector-size .
200.\" XXX: next line also true for cd9660?
201Defaults to 512.
202.It Fl s Ar image-size
203Set the size of the file system image to
204.Ar image-size .
205This is equivalent of setting both the minimum
206.Fl ( M )
207and the maximum
208.Fl ( m )
209sizes to
210.Ar image-size .
211For
212.Sy ffs
213and
214.Sy msdos
215the
216.Ar offset
217is not included on that size.
218.It Fl T Ar timestamp
219Specify a timestamp to be set for all file system files and directories
220created so that repeatable builds are possible.
221The
222.Ar timestamp
223can be a
224.Pa pathname ,
225where the timestamps are derived from that file, a parseable date
226for
227.Xr parsedate 3
228(this option is not yet available in the tools build), or an integer
229value interpreted as the number of seconds from the Epoch.
230Note that timestamps specified in an
231.Xr mtree 5
232spec file, override the default timestamp.
233When this option is enabled, file systems that regularly use
234.Xr localtime 3
235to convert times to the native format (such as udf and cd9660), use
236.Xr gmtime 3
237instead with the specified timestamps so that they are immune to
238timezone changes and get consistent timestamps.
239.It Fl t Ar fs-type
240Create an
241.Ar fs-type
242file system image.
243The following file system types are supported:
244.Bl -tag -width cd9660 -offset indent
245.It Sy cd9660
246ISO 9660 file system.
247.It Sy chfs
248Chip flash file system.
249.It Sy ffs
250BSD fast file system (default).
251.It Sy msdos
252FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 file system.
253.It Sy udf
254ISO/Ecma UDF file system.
255.It Sy v7fs
2567th Edition(V7) file system.
257.El
258.It Fl x
259Exclude file system nodes not explicitly listed in the specfile.
260.It Fl Z
261Create a sparse file for
262.Sy ffs .
263This is useful for virtual machine images.
264.El
265.Pp
266Where sizes are specified, a decimal number of bytes is expected.
267Two or more numbers may be separated by an
268.Sq x
269to indicate a product.
270Each number may have one of the following optional suffixes:
271.Bl -tag -width 3n -offset indent -compact
272.It b
273Block; multiply by 512
274.It k
275Kibi; multiply by 1024 (1 KiB)
276.It m
277Mebi; multiply by 1048576 (1 MiB)
278.It g
279Gibi; multiply by 1073741824 (1 GiB)
280.It t
281Tebi; multiply by 1099511627776 (1 TiB)
282.It w
283Word; multiply by the number of bytes in an integer
284.El
285.\"
286.\"
287.Ss FFS-specific options
288.Sy ffs
289images have ffs-specific optional parameters that may be provided.
290Each of the options consists of a keyword, an equal sign
291.Pq Ql = ,
292and a value.
293The following keywords are supported:
294.Pp
295.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
296.It Sy avgfilesize
297Expected average file size.
298.It Sy avgfpdir
299Expected number of files per directory.
300.It Sy bsize
301Block size.
302.It Sy density
303Bytes per inode.
304.It Sy extent
305Maximum extent size.
306.It Sy fsize
307Fragment size.
308.It Sy label
309Label name of the image.
310.It Sy maxbpcg
311Maximum total number of blocks in a cylinder group.
312.It Sy maxbpg
313Maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group.
314.It Sy minfree
315Minimum % free.
316.It Sy optimization
317Optimization preference; one of
318.Ql space
319or
320.Ql time .
321.It Sy version
322UFS version.
3231 for FFS (default), 2 for UFS2.
324.El
325.Ss CD9660-specific options
326.Sy cd9660
327images have ISO9660-specific optional parameters that may be
328provided.
329The arguments consist of a keyword and, optionally, an equal sign
330.Pq Ql = ,
331and a value.
332The following keywords are supported:
333.Pp
334.Bl -tag -width omit-trailing-period -offset indent -compact
335.It Sy allow-deep-trees
336Allow the directory structure to exceed the maximum specified in
337the spec.
338.\" .It Sy allow-illegal-chars
339.\" Unknown
340.\" .It Sy allow-lowercase
341.\" Unknown
342.It Sy allow-max-name
343Allow 37 instead of 33 characters for filenames by omitting the
344version ID.
345.It Sy allow-multidot
346Allow multiple dots in a filename.
347.It Sy applicationid
348Application ID of the image.
349.It Sy archimedes
350Use the
351.Ql ARCHIMEDES
352extension to encode
353.Tn RISC OS
354metadata.
355.It Sy boot-load-segment
356Set load segment for the boot image.
357.It Sy bootimage
358Filename of a boot image in the format
359.Dq sysid;filename ,
360where
361.Dq sysid
362is one of
363.Ql efi ,
364.Ql i386 ,
365.Ql mac68k ,
366.Ql macppc ,
367or
368.Ql powerpc .
369.It Sy chrp-boot
370Write an MBR partition table to the image to allow older CHRP hardware to
371boot.
372.It Sy generic-bootimage
373Load a generic boot image into the first 32K of the cd9660 image.
374.It Sy hard-disk-boot
375Boot image is a hard disk image.
376.It Sy keep-bad-images
377Don't throw away images whose write was aborted due to an error.
378For debugging purposes.
379.It Sy label
380Label name of the image.
381.It Sy no-boot
382Boot image is not bootable.
383.It Sy no-emul-boot
384Boot image is a
385.Dq no emulation
386ElTorito image.
387.It Sy no-trailing-padding
388Do not pad the image (apparently Linux needs the padding).
389.\" .It Sy omit-trailing-period
390.\" Unknown
391.It Sy platformid
392Set platform ID of section header entry of the boot image.
393.It Sy preparer
394Preparer ID of the image.
395.It Sy publisher
396Publisher ID of the image.
397.It Sy rockridge
398Use RockRidge extensions (for longer filenames, etc.).
399.It Sy volumeid
400Volume set identifier of the image.
401.El
402.Ss CHFS-specific options
403.Sy chfs
404images have chfs-specific optional parameters that may be provided.
405Each of the options consists of a keyword, an equal sign
406.Pq Ql = ,
407and a value.
408The following keywords are supported:
409.Pp
410.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
411.It Sy pagesize
412Pagesize.
413.It Sy erasesize
414Erase block size of the media.
415.It Sy mediatype
416Type of the media.
417NOR: 0 or NAND: 1.
418.El
419.Ss msdos-specific options
420.Sy msdos
421images have MS-DOS-specific optional parameters that may be
422provided.
423The arguments consist of a keyword, an equal sign
424.Pq Ql = ,
425and a value.
426The following keywords are supported (see
427.Xr newfs_msdos 8
428for more details):
429.Pp
430.Bl -tag -width omit-trailing-period -offset indent -compact
431.It Cm backup_sector
432Location of the backup boot sector.
433.It Cm block_size
434Block size.
435.It Cm bootstrap
436Bootstrap file.
437.It Cm bytes_per_sector
438Bytes per sector.
439.It Cm create_size
440Create file size.
441.It Cm directory_entries
442Directory entries.
443.It Cm drive_heads
444Drive heads.
445.It Cm fat_type
446FAT type (12, 16, or 32).
447.It Cm floppy
448Preset drive parameters for standard format floppy disks
449(160, 180, 320, 360, 640, 720, 1200, 1232, 1440, or 2880).
450.It Cm hidden_sectors
451Hidden sectors.
452.It Cm info_sector
453Location of the info sector.
454.It Cm media_descriptor
455Media descriptor.
456.It Cm num_FAT
457Number of FATs.
458.It Cm OEM_string
459OEM string.
460.It Cm offset
461Offset in device.
462.It Cm reserved_sectors
463Reserved sectors.
464.It Cm sectors_per_cluster
465Sectors per cluster.
466.It Cm sectors_per_fat
467Sectors per FAT.
468.It Cm sectors_per_track
469Sectors per track.
470.It Cm size
471File System size.
472.It Cm volume_id
473Volume ID.
474.It Cm volume_label
475Volume Label.
476.El
477.Ss V7FS-specific options
478The following keywords are supported:
479.Pp
480.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
481.It Sy pdp
482PDP endian.
483.It Sy progress
484Display a progress meter for the file system construction and file
485population.
486.El
487.Ss UDF-specific options
488.Sy udf
489images have udf-specific optional parameters that may be provided.
490Each of the options consists of a keyword, an equal sign
491.Pq Ql = ,
492and a value.
493The following keywords are supported:
494.Pp
495.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
496.It Sy disctype
497This can have the following values:
498.Bl -tag -width cdromXdvdromXbdromXXX -compact
499.It Sy cdrom , Sy dvdrom , Sy bdrom
500create a read-only fs
501.It Sy dvdram , Sy bdre , Sy disk
502create a rewritable fs without sparing for defective sectors
503.It Sy cdr , Sy dvdr , Sy bdr
504create a rewritable fs on once recordable media using a VAT
505.It Sy cdrw , Sy dvdrw
506create a rewritable fs with sparing for defective sectors
507.El
508When an optical media is selected here, the sectorsize and the default disc
509size is assumed unless given explicitly.
510For rom images the disc size is the minimum needed.
511.It Sy loglabel
512Set the logical volume label of the disc to the specified argument.
513.It Sy discid
514Set the physical volume label of the disc to the specified argument.
515Prepend the physical volume label with a volumeset label separated
516with a ':' if wanted.
517For strict conformance and interchange, don't set the volumeset label
518manually unless it has an unique hex number in the first 8 character
519positions.
520.It Sy minver
521Set the minimum UDF version to be used.
522Choose UDF version numbers from 0x102, 0x150, 0x200, and 0x201.
523Versions 0x250 and 0x260 are currently not supported
524in
525.Nm .
526.El
527.Sh SEE ALSO
528.Xr strsuftoll 3 ,
529.Xr installboot 8 ,
530.Xr mtree 8 ,
531.Xr newfs 8
532.Sh HISTORY
533The
534.Nm
535utility appeared in
536.Nx 1.6 .
537.Sh AUTHORS
538.An Luke Mewburn
539.Aq lukem@NetBSD.org
540(original program),
541.An Daniel Watt ,
542.An Walter Deignan ,
543.An Ryan Gabrys ,
544.An Alan Perez-Rathke ,
545.An Ram Vedam
546(cd9660 support),
547.An UCHIYAMA Yasushi
548(v7fs support),
549.An Tamas Toth
550(chfs support),
551.An Christos Zoulas
552(msdos support),
553.An Reinoud Zandijk
554(udf support).
555