mkdiskimage
Create a blank MS-DOS formatted hard disk image
SYNOPSIS
mkdiskimage [-doFMz4] [-i id] file cyl head sect
DESCRIPTION
This is a convenient tool to generate a hard disk image, pre-formatted according to the MS-DOS specification, and having stated properties.
A disk image named file will be created, large enough to have cyl cylinders, head heads, and sect sectors. Using -M, the value of cyl will instead be interpreted as size in MBytes.
Additional settings include ZIP type disks, FAT32 formatting, and the inclusion of an emulation header.
OPTIONS
-4
Use the fourth partition table entry. This is the standard for ZIP-disks.
-F
Format the partition using a FAT32 file system.
-M
The argument cyl is given in Megabytes. Recalculate this to get the count in cylinders.
-d
Add a DOSEMU header.
-i id
Specify the MBR identity field as id.
-o
Print to stdout the file system offset.
-z
Use a ZIP-disk geometry. This needs heads=64 and sect=32.
HOMEPAGE
More information about the Syslinux project can be found on the homepage at <http://syslinux.zytor.com/>.
SEE ALSO
syslinux(1)
AUTHOR
mkdiskimage was written by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>.
This manual page was written by Mats Erik Andersson <debian@gisladisker.se>.