minfo

Print the parameters of an MS-DOS filesystem

TLDR

Show filesystem info for a configured mtools drive

$ minfo [a:]

Show verbose info including a hexdump of the boot sector

$ minfo -v [a:]

Show info for a disk image file

$ minfo -i [path/to/image.img] ::

SYNOPSIS

minfo [-v] driveminfo -i imagefile ::

minfo prints the parameters of an MS-DOS filesystem, such as number of sectors, heads, and cylinders. It also prints an mformat command line that can be used to create a similar MS-DOS filesystem on another device.minfo is part of the mtools suite of utilities for accessing MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them. It supports FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32 filesystems.

PARAMETERS

-v

Verbose mode: also print a hexdump of the boot sector.

-i imagefile

Read from the specified image file instead of a configured drive.

INSTALL

sudo apt install mtools

sudo dnf install mtools

sudo pacman -S mtools

sudo apk add mtools

sudo zypper install mtools

brew install mtools

nix profile install nixpkgs#mtools

CAVEATS

Does not support 2m or XDF media formats, or MS-DOS 1.0 filesystems. Requires mtools to be configured for the target drive, or an image file supplied with -i.

HISTORY

minfo is part of mtools, a collection of utilities originally written by Emmet P. Gray for accessing MS-DOS disks on Unix systems, later maintained by Alain Knaff.