Creating a new ext4 filesystem is very easy once you have upgraded to e2fsprogs 1.41 or later. Simply type: # mke2fs -t ext4 /dev/DEV or # mkfs.ext4 /dev/DEV Once the filesystem is created, it can be mounted as follows: # mount -t ext4 /dev/DEV /wherever If you have a sufficiently new system, the “-t ext4” should …Continue reading