How format disk in Linux ubuntu fedora debian

How format disk in Linux Ubuntu Fedora Debian.

#mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda6
#mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda6
#mkfs.ntfs /dev/sda6

--------------------- vim /etc/stab

/dev/sda6 /mnt/sda6 ext4 defaults 0 2



--------------------- To save the changes in /etc/fstab
#mount -a


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Label the partition

You can label the partition using e2label. For example, if you want to label the new partition /backup, enter
# e2label /dev/sdb1 /backup

You can use label name instead of partition name to mount disk using /etc/fstab:
LABEL=/backup /disk1 ext3 defaults 1 2