Re: [hatari-devel] tools/atari-hd-image.sh

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> > these data may be relevant for so-called super floppy media, which only have
> > a single partition and use the root sector as their boot sector.
> 
> But the 'atari-hd-image.sh' does not create super-floppy images, does
> it? As far as I can see, it always creates an MBR / root sector with a
> partition table (but with the additional data from my previous mail) and
> the concatenates a whole FAT16 file system with its own VBR / boot sector.
> 
> If I wanted a super-floppy image, I would just use mkdosfs, without
> creating a separate root sector.
> 
> You can find the output of 'atari-hd-image.sh' attached. I still don't
> see why it should fill the MBR (except for the partition table, of course).

I have never used this script. As long as you are only interested in a
regular partition table these additional data hardly make sense. They may
get lost anyway when you install a bootable hard disk driver.

Best regards

Uwe

> 
> Regards
> Christian
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