

FreeDOS FDISK                                                Version 0.98 Pre 2
Written By:  Brian E. Reifsnyder

Syntax:

  FDISK                         Runs FreeDOS FDISK in interactive mode.
  FDISK /? [drive# /NOPAUSE]    Displays this help information.

FreeDOS FDISK compatibility switches:

  FDISK /ACTOK                          (functions with an "*" are incomplete)
  FDISK /CMBR <drive#>
* FDISK /EXT:<size> <drive#> [{/LOG:<size>} | {/LOGO:<size>}]
* FDISK /FPRMT
  FDISK /MBR
  FDISK /PRI:<size> <drive#>
* FDISK /PRIO:<size> <drive#>
  FDISK /Q
  FDISK /STATUS
  FDISK /X

FreeDOS FDISK extended switches:

For partition table modification:
  FDISK /AUTO [<drive#>]
  FDISK /ACTIVATE:<partition#> [<drive#>]
  FDISK /CLEAR [<drive#>]
* FDISK /DELETE:{<drive_letter> | PRI | EXT | <partition#>} [<drive#>]
  FDISK /DEACTIVATE [<drive#>]
* FDISK /EXT:<size>[,100] [<drive#> 
           [ {/LOG:<size>[,100] [/SPEC:<type#>]} 
           | {/LOGO:<size>[,100] [/SPEC:<type#>]} ]
* FDISK /EXTO:<size>[,100] [<drive#> 
           [ {/LOG:<size>[,100] [/SPEC:<type#>]} 
           | {/LOGO:<size>[,100] [/SPEC:<type#>]} ]
* FDISK /LOG:<size>[,100] [<drive#> [/SPEC:<type#>] ] 
* FDISK /LOGO:<size>[,100] [<drive#> [/SPEC:<type#>] ] 
  FDISK /MODIFY:<partition#>,<newtype#> [<drive#>]
* FDISK /PRI:<size>[,100] [<drive#> [/SPEC:<type#>] ] 
* FDISK /PRIO:<size>[,100] [<drive#> [/SPEC:<type#>] ] 

For MBR modification:
  FDISK /AMBR [<drive#>]
  FDISK /MBR [<drive#>]
  FDISK /RMBR [<drive#>]
  FDISK /SMBR [<drive#>]

For handling flags on a hard disk:
* FDISK /CLEARFLAG[:<flag#>] [<drive#> [/ALL] ]
* FDISK /SETFLAG:<flag#>,<flag_value> [<drive#>]
* FDISK /TESTFLAG:<flag#>,<flag_value> [<drive#>]

For obtaining information about the hard disk(s):
  FDISK /DUMP
  FDISK /INFO [<drive#> [/TECH] ]

For rebooting the computer:
  FDISK /REBOOT


This program is Copyright 1998 - 2000, by Brian E. Reifsnyder, under
the terms of the GNU General Public License.

This program comes as-is and without warranty of any kind.  The author of
this software assumes no responsibility pertaining to the use or mis-use of
this software.  By using this software, the operator is understood to be
agreeing to the terms of the above.
