minfo.1

.TH minfo 1 "03Nov09" mtools-4.0.12
.SH Name
minfo - print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem
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.SH Description
.iX "p minfo"
.iX "c mformat parameters"
.iX "c getting parameters of a Dos fs"
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The \fR\&\f(CWminfo\fR command prints the parameters of a Dos filesystem, such
as number of sectors, heads and cylinders.  It also prints an mformat
command line which can be used to create a similar Dos filesystem on
another media.  However, this doesn't work with 2m or Xdf media, and
with Dos 1.0 filesystems
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Mlabel supports the following option:
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\&\fR\&\f(CWv\fR\ 
Prints a hexdump of the bootsector, in addition to the other information
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