NAME
mkfatimage16 - generate a virtual drive image suitable for DOSEMU
SYNOPSIS
mkfatimage16 [ -b bsectfile ] [{ -t tracks | -k Kbytes }] [ -l volume-
label ] [ -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 latter 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 disk usage 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 master boot 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
SEE ALSO
dosemu(1), xdosemu(1), mtools(1)