mkfatimage16(1)
NAME
mkfatimage16 - generate a virtual drive image suitable for DOSEMU
SYNOPSIS
mkfatimage16 [ -b bsectfile ] [{ -t tracks | -k Kbytes }] [ -l volumelabel ] [ -f outfile ] [ -p ] [ file... ]
DESCRIPTION
mkfatimage16 creates a hdimage file for DOSEMU that is pre-loaded with
the files specified on the command line. The output is either written
to stdout ( hence do not forget to append " > hdimagefile", else you
will see garbage on the screen ) or to the file specified by the -f
option. For the later you may also use option -p in order to force
padding up to the given size. This padding will result in so-called
holes on an ext2-FS, hence the actual diskusage will not be greater.
The file created by mkfatimage16 then can be used as a virtual drive,
when defined in /etc/dosemu.conf. As long as -k is not given, the number of heads is always 4 and you have 17 sectors per head else it is
adjusted accordingly. To vary the size, you may either use the -t
option or specify the total amount of Kbytes via -k option.
All files given behind the options will be copied onto the hdimage. In
addition a DOSEMU suitable masterboot record (MBR) is established and
via option -b you may specify a boot sector that gets inserted as first
sector of the partition. To later access the hdimage outside of DOSEMU
you should use mtools ( /etc/mtools.conf parameters partition=1 and
offset=128 ).
OPTIONS
- -b file
- Insert the first 512 bytes of file into the bootsector of the partition.
- -t num Make the virtual disk have num tracks. This is the one way to
- define the size of the disk.
- -k Kbytes
- Make the virtual disk be Kbytes in size. Using -t and -k are mutual exclusive.
- -l label
- insert label as volume label for the disk.
- -f outfile
- The hdimage is written to outfile instead of stdout
- -p Pad the hdimage with zero up to the total size given by -t or -k
- ( only in conjunction with -f ).
AUTHOR
Pasi Eronen (pe@iki.fi) and Peter Wainwright.
BUGS
This program doesn't support name mangling and does very little checking for non-DOS filenames. Disk full condition isn't detected (and
probably causes erratic behaviour). Duplicate files aren't detected.
AVAILABILITY
Comes with DOSEMU