[syslinux] Looking for mkdosfs for Syslinux 1.67

H. Peter Anvin
Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:55:16 -0000

On 07/24/2015 12:18 PM, pat via Syslinux wrote:
> since a few of you asked what I use it for...since I'm not a unix
person..
> I started using it back in 2002...to update hard drives that used a
> 'superfloppy format' (if anyone remembers the old DigitalWallet
from
> Minds at work!) I fixed several of them after the company went belly up
> for photographer friends of mine.
>
> I mostly use it to do HD maintance...fixing fats...restoring backup
> copies..etc.  I found it simplier (and more dangerous) to use the DD
> rather than software packages...alot more flexibility. I've written
> a few small scripts to do what I need over the years.
>
> I guess...what I need is a 'mini unix'..that will boot from cd
> and run in ramdisk..without installing anything on the HD...
> (I first found this via a link on an old minds at work webpage)
> that also has dostools..that include, of course, mkdosfs.
>
> True--this version must be really old....so a newer one would work
> just as good...just didnt know what to look for.  Most newer versions
> seemed to be packages to install...maybe what I'm looking for is a
> unix recovery type disc??
>

Yes.  Look into Knoppix or Fedora Live, for example.

	-hpa