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Asked: 2026-05-31T05:18:32+00:00

when doing mkfs on a whole disk instead of a partition, it will issue

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when doing mkfs on a whole disk instead of a partition, it will issue a warning like
“this is not a partition! do you want to proceed?”
And you have to manually type “y” to proceed.

Can I suppress this warning and make mkfs just go through without asking me?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’re probably looking for the -F option:

    Force mke2fs to create a filesystem, even if the specified device is
    not a partition on a block special device, or if other
    parameters do not make sense.

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