This is mtools.info, produced by makeinfo version 6.5 from mtools.texi.
-This manual is for Mtools (version 4.0.27, April 2021), which is a
+This manual is for Mtools (version 4.0.35, August 2021), which is a
collection of tools to allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files.
Copyright (C) 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright
'/etc/mtools.conf' works on your machine). With mtools, one can change
floppies too without unmounting and mounting.
- This manual is for Mtools (version 4.0.27, April 2021), which is a
+ This manual is for Mtools (version 4.0.35, August 2021), which is a
collection of tools to allow Unix systems to manipulate MS-DOS files.
Copyright (C) 2007, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copyright
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Mtools can be found at the following places (and their mirrors):
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.27.tar.gz
+ http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mtools/mtools-4.0.35.tar.gz
These patches are named 'mtools-'VERSION'-'DDMM'.taz', where version
stands for the base version, DD for the day and MM for the month. Due
specify a global code page for all drives by using the global
'default_codepage' parameter (outside of any drive description).
This parameters exists starting at version 4.0.0
+
+'data_map'
+ Remaps data from image file. This is useful for image files which
+ might need additional zero-filled sectors to be inserted. Such is
+ the case for instance for IBM 3174 floppy images. These images
+ represent floppy disks with fewer sectors on their first cylinder.
+ These missing sectors are not stored in the image, but are still
+ counted in the filesystem layout. The data_map allows to fake
+ these missing sectors for the upper layers of mtools. A data_map
+ is a comma-separated sequence of source type and size. Source type
+ may be 'zero' for zero-filled sectors created by map, 'skip' for
+ data in raw image to be ignored (skipped), and nothing for data to
+ be used as is (copied) from the raw image. Datamap is
+ automatically complemented by an implicit last element of data to
+ be used as is from current offset to end of file. Each size is a
+ number followed by a unit: 's' for a 512 byte sector, 'K' for
+ Kbytes, 'M' for megabytes, 'G' for gigabytes, and nothing for
+ single bytes.
+
+ Example:
+
+ 'data_map=1s,zero31s,28s,skip1s' would be a map for use with IBM
+ 3174 floppy images. First sector ('1s', boot sector) is used as
+ is. Then follow 31 fake zero-filled sectors ('zero31s'), then the
+ next 28 sectors from image ('28s') are used as is (they contain FAT
+ and root directory), then one sector from image is skipped
+ ('skip1s'), and finally the rest of image is used as is (implicit)
+
'precmd'
On some variants of Solaris, it is necessary to call 'volcheck -v'
before opening a floppy device, in order for the system to notice
* Bad blocks: mbadblocks. (line 6)
* bigger sectors: bigger sectors. (line 6)
* blocksize: miscellaneous variables.
- (line 32)
+ (line 60)
* bugs: Location. (line 6)
* Case sensitivity: case sensitivity. (line 6)
* Changing file attributes: mattrib. (line 6)
* character devices: miscellaneous variables.
- (line 32)
+ (line 60)
* Checking configuration file: mtoolstest. (line 6)
* Clusters of a file: mshowfat. (line 6)
* Command list: Commands. (line 6)
* erasing MS-DOS files: mdel. (line 6)
* exclusive access to a drive: open flags. (line 6)
* Executing commands before opening the device: miscellaneous variables.
- (line 26)
+ (line 54)
* Fat: mshowfat. (line 6)
* fdformat: more sectors. (line 6)
* File name of device node: location information. (line 10)
* Primary file name (name clashes): name clashes. (line 6)
* Ram disk: location information. (line 28)
* raw device: miscellaneous variables.
- (line 32)
+ (line 60)
* Read errors: mbadblocks. (line 6)
* Read-only files (changing the attribute): mattrib. (line 6)
* Read-only files (listing them): mdir. (line 6)
* Solaris (Raw access to SCSI devices such as Zip & Jaz): miscellaneous flags.
(line 17)
* Solaris (volcheck): miscellaneous variables.
- (line 26)
+ (line 54)
* Solaris (vold): miscellaneous flags. (line 57)
* Space occupied by directories and files: mdu. (line 6)
* Special formats: high capacity formats.
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