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Description |
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mcat - dump raw disk image |
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!!Note of warning |
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This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's |
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complete. See the end of this man page for |
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details. |
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!!Description |
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The mcat command is used to copy an entire disk |
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image from or to the floppy device. It uses the following |
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syntax: |
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mcat [[-w] |
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''drive'': |
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Mcat performs the same task as the unix |
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cat command. It is included into the mtools |
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package, since cat cannot access remote floppy |
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devices offered by the mtools floppy daemon. Now it is |
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possible to create boot floppies remotely. |
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The default operation is reading. The output is written to |
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stdout. |
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If the -w option is specified, mcat reads a |
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disk-image from stdin and writes it to the given device. |
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__Use this carefully!__ Because of the lowlevel nature of |
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this command, it will happily destroy any data written |
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before on the disk without warning! |
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!!See Also |
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Mtools' texinfo doc |
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!!Viewing the texi doc |
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This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's |
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texinfo documentation. However, this process is only |
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approximative, and some items, such as crossreferences, |
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footnotes and indices are lost in this translation process. |
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Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in |
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the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been |
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translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise |
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you to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this |
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manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo |
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doc. |
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To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the |
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following commands: |
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__ ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi |
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To generate a html copy, run: |
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__ ./configure; make html |
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__A premade html can be found at: `http://mtools.linux.lu' and also at: `http://www.tux.org/pub/knaff/mtools' |
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To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), |
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run: |
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__ ./configure; make info |
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The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. |
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Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult |
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to read due to the quoting conventions used in |
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