afdu is a simple format disk utility to fast formatting your HDD or SSD

Supported file system types: ntfs

How to use:
  1. clone the repo:
    $ git clone https://github.com/drowsymike/afdu
    $ cd afdu
  2. install the dependencies:
    $ sudo apt update
    $ sudo apt install e2fslibs-dev
  3. execute make:
    $ make all -s
  4. use:
    $ ./AFDU -d <disk> -f <fs_type>

How to test:
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=test_disk.img bs=1M count=100
$ sudo losetup -fP test_disk.img

then:

$ losetup -a

remember what number of loop device the os gave to ya. and then:

# sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/your-loop-device-name-what-you-saw-by-the-losetup-call
# mkdir /tmp/test_loop
# mount /dev/your-loop-device-name-what-you-saw-by-the-losetup-call /tmp/test_loop
# sudo ./afdu -f ext4 -d /dev/your-loop-device-name-what-you-saw-by-the-losetup-call