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08-16-2014

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I don't think most subjects are exhausted as far as answers go so I'll post my own opinion.

I'm a linux user and at the linux forums the consensus is Unix is harder to learn/use then Linux. I recommend reading a Redhat administrator guide. They used to be available for free and readily available on the net in pdf or on web sites. Debian and Suse also have very good guides on the net. After you get some command line user experience and have a vague idea of what an administrator would do , I would look into the basics of either os being linux or unix.

The biggest early hurdles are going to be how to partition/install a linux/unix distro and then getting it to boot. Next will be how to get applications installed with a Package Manager. If you use a video card that might also be an issue.

To me computing opinions should not be all that varied but most disagree. I hope this helps.

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mkfs.bfs

MKFS.BFS(8)						       System Administration						       MKFS.BFS(8)

NAME

       mkfs.bfs - make an SCO bfs filesystem

SYNOPSIS

       mkfs.bfs [options] device [block-count]

DESCRIPTION

       mkfs.bfs creates an SCO bfs filesystem on a block device (usually a disk partition or a file accessed via the loop device).

       The block-count parameter is the desired size of the filesystem, in blocks.  If nothing is specified, the entire partition will be used.

OPTIONS

       -N, --inodes number
	      Specify  the  desired  number  of  inodes (at most 512).	If nothing is specified, some default number in the range 48-512 is picked
	      depending on the size of the partition.

       -V, --vname label
	      Specify the volume label.  I have no idea if/where this is used.

       -F, --fname name
	      Specify the filesystem name.  I have no idea if/where this is used.

       -v, --verbose
	      Explain what is being done.

       -c     This option is silently ignored.

       -l     This option is silently ignored.

       -h, --help
	      Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
	      Display version information and exit.  Option -V only works as --version when it is the only option.

EXIT CODES

       The exit code returned by mkfs.bfs is 0 when all went well, and 1 when something went wrong.

SEE ALSO

       mkfs(8)

AVAILABILITY

       The mkfs.bfs command is part of the util-linux package and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

util-linux							     July 2011							       MKFS.BFS(8)