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   homepage   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@gisladisker.se>.