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)

Version ALPHA 0.98                               September, 1998                                 MKFATIMAGE16(1)