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36.Dd May 8, 2024
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 .
200Defaults to 512 for most file systems, but is 2048 for
201.Sy cd9660
202and
203.Sy udf
204for CD/DVD/BD optical media types.
205.It Fl s Ar image-size
206Set the size of the file system image to
207.Ar image-size .
208This is equivalent of setting both the minimum
209.Fl ( M )
210and the maximum
211.Fl ( m )
212sizes to
213.Ar image-size .
214For
215.Sy ffs
216and
217.Sy msdos
218the
219.Ar offset
220is not included on that size.
221.It Fl T Ar timestamp
222Specify a timestamp to be set for all file system files and directories
223created so that repeatable builds are possible.
224The
225.Ar timestamp
226can be a
227.Pa pathname ,
228where the timestamps are derived from that file, a parseable date
229for
230.Xr parsedate 3
231(this option is not yet available in the tools build), or an integer
232value interpreted as the number of seconds from the Epoch.
233Note that timestamps specified in an
234.Xr mtree 5
235spec file, override the default timestamp.
236When this option is enabled, file systems that regularly use
237.Xr localtime 3
238to convert times to the native format (such as udf and cd9660), use
239.Xr gmtime 3
240instead with the specified timestamps so that they are immune to
241timezone changes and get consistent timestamps.
242.It Fl t Ar fs-type
243Create an
244.Ar fs-type
245file system image.
246The following file system types are supported:
247.Bl -tag -width cd9660 -offset indent
248.It Sy cd9660
249ISO 9660 file system.
250.It Sy chfs
251Chip flash file system.
252.It Sy ffs
253BSD fast file system (default).
254.It Sy msdos
255FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32 file system.
256.It Sy udf
257ISO/Ecma UDF file system.
258.It Sy v7fs
2597th Edition(V7) file system.
260.El
261.It Fl x
262Exclude file system nodes not explicitly listed in the specfile.
263Repeating this flag causes
264.Nm
265to print a warning for each missing system nodes and exit with an error code
266if there are any missing.
267.It Fl Z
268Create a sparse file for
269.Sy ffs .
270This is useful for virtual machine images.
271.El
272.Pp
273Where sizes are specified, a decimal number of bytes is expected.
274Two or more numbers may be separated by an
275.Sq x
276to indicate a product.
277Each number may have one of the following optional suffixes:
278.Bl -tag -width 3n -offset indent -compact
279.It b
280Block; multiply by 512
281.It k
282Kibi; multiply by 1024 (1 KiB)
283.It m
284Mebi; multiply by 1048576 (1 MiB)
285.It g
286Gibi; multiply by 1073741824 (1 GiB)
287.It t
288Tebi; multiply by 1099511627776 (1 TiB)
289.It w
290Word; multiply by the number of bytes in an integer
291.El
292.\"
293.\"
294.Ss FFS-specific options
295.Sy ffs
296images have ffs-specific optional parameters that may be provided.
297Each of the options consists of a keyword, an equal sign
298.Pq Ql = ,
299and a value.
300The following keywords are supported:
301.Pp
302.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
303.It Sy avgfilesize
304Expected average file size.
305.It Sy avgfpdir
306Expected number of files per directory.
307.It Sy bsize
308Block size.
309.It Sy density
310Bytes per inode.
311.It Sy extattr
312UFS2 with extended attributes.
313.It Sy extent
314Maximum extent size.
315.It Sy fsize
316Fragment size.
317.It Sy label
318Label name of the image.
319.It Sy maxbpcg
320Maximum total number of blocks in a cylinder group.
321.It Sy maxbpg
322Maximum blocks per file in a cylinder group.
323.It Sy minfree
324Minimum % free.
325.It Sy optimization
326Optimization preference; one of
327.Ql space
328or
329.Ql time .
330.It Sy version
331UFS version.
3321 for FFS (default), 2 for UFS2.
333.El
334.Ss CD9660-specific options
335.Sy cd9660
336images have ISO9660-specific optional parameters that may be
337provided.
338The arguments consist of a keyword and, optionally, an equal sign
339.Pq Ql = ,
340and a value.
341The following keywords are supported:
342.Pp
343.Bl -tag -width omit-trailing-period -offset indent -compact
344.It Sy allow-deep-trees
345Allow the directory structure to exceed the maximum specified in
346the spec.
347.\" .It Sy allow-illegal-chars
348.\" Unknown
349.\" .It Sy allow-lowercase
350.\" Unknown
351.It Sy allow-max-name
352Allow 37 instead of 33 characters for filenames by omitting the
353version ID.
354.It Sy allow-multidot
355Allow multiple dots in a filename.
356.It Sy applicationid
357Application ID of the image.
358.It Sy archimedes
359Use the
360.Ql ARCHIMEDES
361extension to encode
362.Tn RISC OS
363metadata.
364.It Sy boot-load-segment
365Set load segment for the boot image.
366.It Sy bootimage
367Filename of a boot image in the format
368.Dq sysid;filename ,
369where
370.Dq sysid
371is one of
372.Ql efi ,
373.Ql i386 ,
374.Ql mac68k ,
375.Ql macppc ,
376or
377.Ql powerpc .
378.It Sy chrp-boot
379Write an MBR partition table to the image to allow older CHRP hardware to
380boot.
381.It Sy generic-bootimage
382Load a generic boot image into the first 32K of the cd9660 image.
383.It Sy hard-disk-boot
384Boot image is a hard disk image.
385.It Sy keep-bad-images
386Don't throw away images whose write was aborted due to an error.
387For debugging purposes.
388.It Sy label
389Label name of the image.
390.It Sy no-boot
391Boot image is not bootable.
392.It Sy no-emul-boot
393Boot image is a
394.Dq no emulation
395ElTorito image.
396.It Sy no-trailing-padding
397Do not pad the image (apparently Linux needs the padding).
398.\" .It Sy omit-trailing-period
399.\" Unknown
400.It Sy platformid
401Set platform ID of section header entry of the boot image.
402.It Sy preparer
403Preparer ID of the image.
404.It Sy publisher
405Publisher ID of the image.
406.It Sy rockridge
407Use RockRidge extensions (for longer filenames, etc.).
408.It Sy volumeid
409Volume set identifier of the image.
410.El
411.Ss CHFS-specific options
412.Sy chfs
413images have chfs-specific optional parameters that may be provided.
414Each of the options consists of a keyword, an equal sign
415.Pq Ql = ,
416and a value.
417The following keywords are supported:
418.Pp
419.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
420.It Sy pagesize
421Pagesize.
422.It Sy erasesize
423Erase block size of the media.
424.It Sy mediatype
425Type of the media.
426NOR: 0 or NAND: 1.
427.El
428.Ss msdos-specific options
429.Sy msdos
430images have MS-DOS-specific optional parameters that may be
431provided.
432The arguments consist of a keyword, an equal sign
433.Pq Ql = ,
434and a value.
435The following keywords are supported (see
436.Xr newfs_msdos 8
437for more details):
438.Pp
439.Bl -tag -width omit-trailing-period -offset indent -compact
440.It Cm backup_sector
441Location of the backup boot sector.
442.It Cm block_size
443Block size.
444.It Cm bootstrap
445Bootstrap file.
446.It Cm bytes_per_sector
447Bytes per sector.
448.It Cm create_size
449Create file size.
450.It Cm directory_entries
451Directory entries.
452.It Cm drive_heads
453Drive heads.
454.It Cm fat_type
455FAT type (12, 16, or 32).
456.It Cm floppy
457Preset drive parameters for standard format floppy disks
458(160, 180, 320, 360, 640, 720, 1200, 1232, 1440, or 2880).
459.It Cm hidden_sectors
460Hidden sectors.
461.It Cm info_sector
462Location of the info sector.
463.It Cm media_descriptor
464Media descriptor.
465.It Cm num_FAT
466Number of FATs.
467.It Cm OEM_string
468OEM string.
469.It Cm offset
470Offset in device.
471.It Cm reserved_sectors
472Reserved sectors.
473.It Cm sectors_per_cluster
474Sectors per cluster.
475.It Cm sectors_per_fat
476Sectors per FAT.
477.It Cm sectors_per_track
478Sectors per track.
479.It Cm size
480File System size.
481.It Cm volume_id
482Volume ID.
483.It Cm volume_label
484Volume Label.
485.El
486.Ss V7FS-specific options
487The following keywords are supported:
488.Pp
489.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
490.It Sy pdp
491PDP endian.
492.It Sy progress
493Display a progress meter for the file system construction and file
494population.
495.El
496.Ss UDF-specific options
497.Nm
498supports besides writing to image files also direct formatting of disc
499partitions and optical media.
500Optical media will auto configure settings.
501The following udf-specific optional parameters may be provided.
502Each of the options consists of a keyword, an equal sign
503.Pq Ql = ,
504and a value.
505The following keywords are supported:
506.Pp
507.Bl -tag -width optimization -offset indent -compact
508.It Sy disctype
509This can have the following values:
510.Bl -tag -width cdromXdvdromXbdromXXX -compact
511.It Sy cdrom , Sy dvdrom , Sy bdrom
512create a read-only fs
513.It Sy dvdram , Sy bdre , Sy disk
514create a rewritable fs without sparing for defective sectors
515.It Sy cdr , Sy dvdr , Sy bdr
516create a rewritable fs on once recordable media using a VAT
517.It Sy cdrw , Sy dvdrw
518create a rewritable fs with sparing for defective sectors
519.El
520The sectorsize is set for the selected media and the default maximum disc size
521is assumed unless overridden.
522For CD-ROM, DVD-ROM and BD-ROM images, the disc
523size is the minimum size needed.
524Note that the size estimator can
525under-estimate in some cases; specify extra free blocks if encountering this.
526.It Sy loglabel
527Set the logical volume label of the disc to the specified argument.
528.It Sy discid
529Set the physical volume label of the disc to the specified argument.
530Prepend the physical volume label with a volumeset label separated
531with a ':' if wanted.
532For strict conformance and interchange, don't set the volumeset label
533manually unless it has an unique hex number in the first 8 character
534positions.
535.It Sy minver
536Set the minimum UDF version to be used.
537Choose UDF version numbers from 0x102, 0x150, 0x200, 0x201, and 0x250.
538Version 0x260 is currently not supported
539in
540.Nm .
541.It Sy maxver
542Set the maximum UDF version to be used.
543Choose UDF version numbers from 0x102, 0x150, 0x200, 0x201, and 0x250.
544Version 0x260 is currently not supported
545in
546.Nm .
547.It Sy metaperc
548Set the minimum amount of free metadata space.
549This is only applicable on UDF 0x250 on rewritable media.
550.It Sy checksurface
551Check the surface of non error-free rewritable media for remapping.
552Note this is a destructive test and can take quite a while!
553.It Sy forceformat
554Force formatting on non-empty recordable media.
555.El
556.Sh SEE ALSO
557.Xr strsuftoll 3 ,
558.Xr installboot 8 ,
559.Xr mtree 8 ,
560.Xr newfs 8
561.Sh HISTORY
562The
563.Nm
564utility appeared in
565.Nx 1.6 .
566.Sh AUTHORS
567.An Luke Mewburn
568.Aq lukem@NetBSD.org
569(original program),
570.An Daniel Watt ,
571.An Walter Deignan ,
572.An Ryan Gabrys ,
573.An Alan Perez-Rathke ,
574.An Ram Vedam
575(cd9660 support),
576.An UCHIYAMA Yasushi
577(v7fs support),
578.An Tamas Toth
579(chfs support),
580.An Christos Zoulas
581(msdos support),
582.An Reinoud Zandijk
583(udf support).
584