MKFATIMAGE16(1)

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 for-
       get to append " > hdimagefile", else you will see  garbage
       on the screen ) or to the file specified by the -f option.
       For the later you may also use option -p in order to force
       padding  up to the given size. This padding will result in
       socalled holes on an ext2-FS, hence the  actual  diskusage
       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  masterboot  record
       (MBR)  is  established and via option -b you may specify a
       boot sector that gets inserted as first sector of the par-
       tition.  To later access the hdimage outside of DOSEMU you
       should use mtools  (  /etc/mtools.conf  parameters  parti-
       tion=1 and offset=128 ).

OPTIONS
       -b file
              Insert  the  first 512 bytes of file into the boot-
              sector 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 peronen@vipunen.hut.fi and Peter Wainwright.

BUGS
       This program doesn't support name mangling and  does  very
       little  checking  for non-DOS filenames.  Disk full condi-
       tion  isn't  detected   (and   probably   causes   erratic
       behaviour).  Duplicate files aren't detected.

AVAILABILITY
       Comes with DOSEMU

SEE ALSO
       dos(1) xdos(1) mtools(1)