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MKDISKIMAGE(1)		       Syslinux Project			MKDISKIMAGE(1)

NAME
       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.

SEE ALSO
       syslinux(1)

HOMEPAGE
       More  information  about the Syslinux project can be found on the home‐
       page at <http://syslinux.zytor.com/>.

AUTHOR
       mkdiskimage was written by H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>.

       This manual page	 was  written  by  Mats	 Erik  Andersson  <debian@gis‐
       ladisker.se>.

4.00				  2010-06-22			MKDISKIMAGE(1)

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