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     1.4 +This program is used to create Microsoft compatible boot records. It is able to
     1.5 +do the same as Microsoft "`fdisk /mbr`" to a hard disk. It is also able to do
     1.6 +the same as Microsoft "`sys d:`" to a floppy or FAT partition except that it
     1.7 +does not copy any system files, only the boot record is written.
     1.8 +
     1.9 +Specifications of boot records is taken from
    1.10 +http://www.geocities.com/thestarman3/asm/mbr/MBR_in_detail.htm
    1.11 +
    1.12 +The program is useful when using Linux to restore a backup of a reference
    1.13 +Microsoft Windows installation.
    1.14 +
    1.15 +Author of this program is Henrik Carlqvist <henca@users.SourceForge.net>, it
    1.16 +is available for download from http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/
    1.17 +
    1.18 +## Examples
    1.19 +
    1.20 +Please note that Windows ME is not useful for making standalone bootable
    1.21 +floppies. However, Win9x and DOS works fine with example 1 and example 3.
    1.22 +
    1.23 +### Example 1, creating a 1.68 MB bootable floppy:
    1.24 +
    1.25 +This example assumes that you have your windows installation mounted at /dosc
    1.26 +and also have mtools and fdformat installed.
    1.27 +
    1.28 +```
    1.29 +fdformat /dev/fd0u1680
    1.30 +mformat a:
    1.31 +ms-sys -w /dev/fd0
    1.32 +mcopy /dosc/io.sys a:
    1.33 +mcopy /dosc/msdos.sys a:
    1.34 +mcopy /dosc/command.com a:
    1.35 +```
    1.36 +
    1.37 +### Example 2, restoring a backup to a fresh hard disk:
    1.38 +
    1.39 +  * Step 1, use GNU parted to create your FAT32 partition and file system:
    1.40 +
    1.41 +    ```
    1.42 +    parted
    1.43 +    ```
    1.44 +
    1.45 +    (then create partition and file system)
    1.46 +
    1.47 +  * Step 2, write the MBR:
    1.48 +
    1.49 +    ```
    1.50 +    ms-sys -w /dev/hda
    1.51 +    ```
    1.52 +
    1.53 +  * Step 3, write the FAT32 partition boot record:
    1.54 +
    1.55 +    ```
    1.56 +    ms-sys -w /dev/hda1
    1.57 +    ```
    1.58 +
    1.59 +  * Step 3b, write partition info and drive id to partition:
    1.60 +
    1.61 +    ```
    1.62 +    ms-sys -p /dev/hda1
    1.63 +    ```
    1.64 +
    1.65 +    This step might be needed depending on which program was used to format the
    1.66 +    partition. If the program was formatted with gnu parted this step could be
    1.67 +    skipped. It is also possible to combine this flag with the previous step
    1.68 +    like this:
    1.69 +
    1.70 +     ```
    1.71 +     ms-sys -wp /dev/hda1
    1.72 +     ```
    1.73 +
    1.74 +  * Step 4, mount your new filesystem:
    1.75 +
    1.76 +    ```
    1.77 +    mount /dev/hda1 /mnt
    1.78 +    ```
    1.79 +
    1.80 +  * Step 5, read your backup
    1.81 +
    1.82 +    ```
    1.83 +    cd /mnt; tar -xzvf /path/to/my_windows_backup_file.tgz
    1.84 +    ```
    1.85 +
    1.86 +
    1.87 +### Example 3, creating a bootable 2.8 MB floppy image for use with an el-torito bootable CD:
    1.88 +
    1.89 +```
    1.90 +dd if=/dev/zero of=floppy288.img bs=1024 count=2880
    1.91 +/sbin/mkdosfs floppy288.img
    1.92 +ms-sys -1 -f floppy288.img
    1.93 +su
    1.94 +mount -o loop floppy288.img /mnt
    1.95 +cp msdos.sys /mnt/
    1.96 +cp io.sys /mnt/
    1.97 +cp command.com /mnt/
    1.98 +```
    1.99 +
   1.100 +(it might also be a good idea to add a config.sys and autoexec.bat with CDROM
   1.101 +support)
   1.102 +
   1.103 +```
   1.104 +umount /mnt
   1.105 +exit
   1.106 +cp floppy288.img cd-files/eltorito.img
   1.107 +mkisofs -b eltorito.img -c eltorito.cat -o cdimage.iso cd-files
   1.108 +```
   1.109 +
   1.110 +(burn the file cdimage.iso to a CD with cdrecord or another program)