Version 1.0 Written By: Brian E. Reifsnyder

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

FDISK /MONO FDISK /XO

/ACTOK Normally skips integrity checking...kept for compatibility. /CMBR Writes the MBR to <drive#>. /EXT Creates an Extended DOS Partition of MB on <drive#>. /LOG creates a logical drive of MB. /LOGO will force the creation of a FAT16 logical drive of MB. /FPRMT Prompts for FAT32/FAT16 in interactive mode. /MBR Writes the MBR to the first hard disk. /PRI Creates a partition of MB on <drive#>. /PRIO Creates a FAT16 partition of MB on <drive#>. /Q Keeps the system from rebooting after you exit FreeDOS FDISK. (Note: FreeDOS FDISK will not reboot after you exit unless rebooting is enabled in the "fdisk.ini" file.) /STATUS Displays the current partition layout. /X Do not use LBA partitions.

Description of FreeDOS FDISK extended switches:

For partition table modification: /AUTO Automatically partitions the hard disk with FAT16 partitions. /ACTIVATE Sets <partition#> active. /CLEAR Erases the partition tables. USE WITH CAUTION! /CLEARALL Erases the partition tables and MBR. USE WITH CAUTION! /DELETE Deletes a partition. /DEACTIVATE Removes the active status from a partition on <drive#>. /EXT Same as /EXT above, except ",100" will indicate that is a percentage and "/SPEC" will specify the partition <type#>. /LOGO will force FreeDOS FDISK to not use FAT32 partitions. /LOG Same as /LOG above, except for the addition of extra functionallity. See /EXT, above, for more information. /LOGO Same as /LOGO above, except for the addition of extra functionallity. /MODIFY Changes the partition type of <partition#> to <newtype#>. Note: The starting <partition#> for logical partitions is "5". /MOVE Moves the entry, in the primary partition table, from <source_partition#> to <dest_partition#>. /PRI Same as /PRI above, except for the addition of extra functionallity. See /EXT, above, for more information. /PRIO Same as /PRIO above, except for the addition of extra functionallity. See /EXT, above, for more information. /SWAP Swaps the 2 partition entries, <first_partition#> and <second_partition#).

/AMBR Writes the MBR stored in the "boot.mbr" file. /MBR Writes the MBR to <drive#>. /RMBR Removes the MBR from <drive#>. /SMBR Saves the MBR, on <drive#>, into a "boot.mbr" file.

/CLEARFLAG Resets the <flag#> or all the flags on <drive#> to 0. /SETFLAG Sets <flag#> to 1 or <flag_value>, if specified. /TESTFLAG: Tests <flag#> for 1 or <flag_value>, if specified.

/DUMP Dumps all partition information from all hard disks. This function is mainly used for debugging by redirecting the output to a file. /INFO Displays partition information from <drive#>

/REBOOT Forces a reboot.

/MONO Forces the user interface to run in monochrome mode. /XO Enables extended options.

This program is Copyright 1998 - 2001, by Brian E. Reifsnyder, under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2.

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.