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MTools gives you command line access to |
MTools gives you command line access to FAT disks or disk images. It does not mount an image like the other programs, but you get MTools 'dir', 'format' etc that access the image. This is obviously not as integrated as mounting the image so the Host OS itself can see the filesystem, but its the next best thing. |
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MTools can be downloaded [http://mtools.linux.lu/ here] |
MTools can be downloaded [http://mtools.linux.lu/ here] |
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==Using disk images== |
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The <tt>-i</tt> option, followed by a disk images file name, allows for using a disk image in place of a real device when the drive letter <tt>:</tt> is used. |
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For example to copy the file <tt>kernel.elf</tt> from the working directory to the root directory of the image <tt>floppy.img</tt> one would use |
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mcopy -i floppy.bin kernel.elf ::/ |
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Revision as of 21:53, 13 December 2006
MTools gives you command line access to FAT disks or disk images. It does not mount an image like the other programs, but you get MTools 'dir', 'format' etc that access the image. This is obviously not as integrated as mounting the image so the Host OS itself can see the filesystem, but its the next best thing.
MTools can be downloaded here
Using disk images
The -i option, followed by a disk images file name, allows for using a disk image in place of a real device when the drive letter : is used.
For example to copy the file kernel.elf from the working directory to the root directory of the image floppy.img one would use
mcopy -i floppy.bin kernel.elf ::/
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