mkimg

Hard drive and floppy disk image builder tool, intended primarily for use in operating system development and to replace platform-specific and root dependent tools (mount) with a single program

• Written in C99
• Image creation wtih both LBA and CHS parameters
• Free software (Licensed under GPLv3-or-later)
• Platform independent (Windows via MSYS2)
• Root access and mounting not required

Usage

For basic usage instructions, run mkimg --help

Templates

This is a list for current templates supported by the -t/--template option:

• 1 = 1.44MiB 3.5' Floppy Disk
  • 2 heads per cylinder
  • 18 sectors per track
  • FAT12, 9 sectors per FAT, 2 FATs
  • no partition table (implicit -u)

Usage example

To create a 1.44MiB 3.5' Floppy Disk image named FloppyImageFile.img:
mkimg -c -t 1 -o FloppyImageFile.img
To add file main.c to image FloppyImageFile.img which is unpartitioned:
mkimg -a -i main.c -o FloppyImageFile.img -u
To add file main.c to image FloppyImageFile.img which is a 1.44MiB 3.5' Floppy Disk:
mkimg -a -t 1 -i main.c -o FloppyImageFile.img

COMPILATION INSTRUCTIONS:

TO COMPILE: make, executable will be outputted in project root directory
TO INSTALL: sudo make install, must be compiled before being installed!!!