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diff --git a/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man1/minfo.1 b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man1/minfo.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f6a84057 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/mageia-cauldron/man1/minfo.1 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +'\" t +.TH minfo 1 "21Mar23" mtools-4.0.43 +.SH Name +minfo - print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem +'\" t +.de TQ +.br +.ns +.TP \\$1 +.. + +.tr \(is' +.tr \(if` +.tr \(pd" + +.SH Note\ of\ warning +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete. See the +end of this man page for details. +.PP +.SH Description +.PP +The \fR\&\f(CWminfo\fR command prints the parameters of a MS-DOS file system, such +as number of sectors, heads and cylinders. It also prints an mformat +command line which can be used to create a similar MS-DOS file system on +another media. However, this doesn't work with 2m or XDF media, and +with MS-DOS 1.0 file systems +.ft I +.nf +\&\fR\&\f(CWminfo\fR \fIdrive\fR: +.fi +.ft R + +.PP +Minfo supports the following option: +.TP +\&\fR\&\f(CWv\fR\ +Prints a hexdump of the boot sector, in addition to the other information +.PP +.SH See\ Also +Mtools' texinfo doc +.SH Viewing\ the\ texi\ doc +This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo +documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some +items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this +translation process. Indeed, these items have no appropriate +representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has +been translated into the manpage version. Thus I strongly advise you to +use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for +instructions how to view the texinfo doc. +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following +commands: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate a html copy, run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make html +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fRA premade html can be found at +\&\fR\&\f(CW\(ifhttp://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html\(is\fR +.TP +* \ \ +To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run: + +.nf +.ft 3 +.in +0.3i + ./configure; make info +.fi +.in -0.3i +.ft R +.PP + +\&\fR +.PP +The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. Indeed, in +the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the +quoting conventions used in info. +.PP |