- Provide a new command line option "-H" to mkntfs to allow the user to

specify the number of heads manually.
- Provide a new command line option "-S" to mkntfs to allow the user to
  specify the number of sectors per track manually.

(Logical change 1.345)
edge.strict_endians
cantab.net!aia21 2004-03-24 10:36:31 +00:00
parent 559786d6c9
commit 16bc6199a6
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@ -17,6 +17,14 @@ mkntfs \- create a NTFS 1.2 (Windows NT/2000/XP) file system
.I part-start-sect
]
[
.B \-H
.I heads
]
[
.B \-S
.I sectors-per-track
]
[
.B \-c
.I cluster-size
]
@ -94,7 +102,28 @@ omitted,
.B mkntfs
attempts to determine
.I part-start-sect
automatically and if that fails a default of 0 is used.
automatically and if that fails a default of 0 is used. Note that
.I part-start-sect
is required for Windows to be able to boot from the created volume.
.TP
.BI \-H " heads"
Specify the number of heads. The maximum is 65535 (0xffff). If omitted,
.B mkntfs
attempts to determine the number of
.I heads
automatically and if that fails a default of 0 is used. Note that
.I heads
is required for Windows to be able to boot from the created volume.
.TP
.BI \-S " sectors-per-track"
Specify the number of sectors per track. The maximum is 65535 (0xffff). If
omitted,
.B mkntfs
attempts to determine the number of
.I sectors-per-track
automatically and if that fails a default of 0 is used. Note that
.I sectors-per-track
is required for Windows to be able to boot from the created volume.
.TP
.BI \-c " cluster-size"
Specify the size of clusters in bytes. Valid cluster size values are powers of