MMMMSSSSDDDDOOOOSSSSIIIINNNNFFFFOOOO((((1111))))                HHHHPPPP----UUUUXXXX 2222....1111                MMMMSSSSDDDDOOOOSSSSIIIINNNNFFFFOOOO((((1111))))



     NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
          msdosinfo - list information from BPB of MS-DOS media

     SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
          mmmmssssddddoooossssiiiinnnnffffoooo [----ffff] <<<<mmmmssssddddoooossssddddeeeevvvviiiicccceeee>>>>

     HHHHPPPP----UUUUXXXX CCCCOOOOMMMMPPPPAAAATTTTIIIIBBBBIIIILLLLIIIITTTTYYYY
          Origin:   User Contributed

     DDDDEEEESSSSCCCCRRRRIIIIPPPPTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
          _M_s_d_o_s_i_n_f_o lists information gleaned from the BIOS  Parameter
          Block  (in  the  boot  sector)  of  an  MS-DOS  medium.  The
          following information is displayed:

          OOOOEEEEMMMM IIIIDDDD
               Identifies the computer that initialized the medium.

          SSSSeeeeccccttttoooorrrr ssssiiiizzzzeeee
               The sector size of the medium.

          CCCClllluuuusssstttteeeerrrr ssssiiiizzzzeeee
               Number of sectors in a cluster (MS-DOS disk  allocation
               unit).

          NNNNuuuummmmbbbbeeeerrrr ooooffff rrrreeeesssseeeerrrrvvvveeeedddd sssseeeeccccttttoooorrrrssss
               Size of reserved space at start of disk (includes  boot
               sector).

          NNNNuuuummmmbbbbeeeerrrr ooooffff FFFFAAAATTTTssss
               Number of copies of the File Allocation Table.

          NNNNuuuummmmbbbbeeeerrrr ooooffff ddddiiiirrrreeeeccccttttoooorrrryyyy eeeennnnttttrrrriiiieeeessss
               Capacity of root directory.

          SSSSiiiizzzzeeee ooooffff ddddiiiisssskkkk
               Media size in sectors.

          MMMMeeeeddddiiiiaaaa ddddeeeessssccccrrrriiiippppttttoooorrrr
               Media descriptor byte.

          SSSSiiiizzzzeeee ooooffff FFFFAAAATTTT
               Number of sectors used for the File Allocation Table.

          Some  additional  information  is   provided.    While   not
          contained  directly in the BPB, this information is computed
          from data in the BPB and from examination of the FAT:

          DDDDiiiirrrreeeeccccttttoooorrrryyyy ssssttttaaaarrrrtttt
               Sector where directory starts.

          LLLLeeeennnnggggtttthhhh ooooffff ddddiiiirrrreeeeccccttttoooorrrryyyy
               Directory length in sectors.



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     MMMMSSSSDDDDOOOOSSSSIIIINNNNFFFFOOOO((((1111))))                HHHHPPPP----UUUUXXXX 2222....1111                MMMMSSSSDDDDOOOOSSSSIIIINNNNFFFFOOOO((((1111))))



          NNNNuuuummmmbbbbeeeerrrr ooooffff cccclllluuuusssstttteeeerrrrssss
               Number of allocation units used for data.

          TTTToooottttaaaallll ffffiiiilllleeee ssssppppaaaacccceeee oooonnnn ddddiiiisssskkkk
               Number of clusters * sectors per cluster  *  bytes  per
               sector.

          FFFFrrrreeeeeeee ffffiiiilllleeee ssssppppaaaacccceeee oooonnnn ddddiiiisssskkkk
               Available space in unallocated clusters.

          The options are:

               ----ffff   Dumps the File Allocation Table.  Entries 0 and  1
                    of  the  FAT  are reserved.  The remaining entries
                    indicate the allocation status of each cluster.

     EEEEXXXXAAAAMMMMPPPPLLLLEEEESSSS
          msdosinfo /dev/rfd.0
               lists information about  MS-DOS  media  in  disk  drive
               /dev/rfd.0.

     SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
          msdoscp(1),   msdosls(1),   msdosmkdir(1),   msdosrename(1),
          msdosrm(1).

     NNNNOOOOTTTTEEEE
          MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft, Inc.




























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