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author | Kartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com> | 2021-08-10 08:59:00 -0700 |
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committer | Kartik K. Agaram <vc@akkartik.com> | 2021-08-10 08:59:00 -0700 |
commit | 350a255134c7d7efb6d6c456c8d50bf15f96f26d (patch) | |
tree | f4d1155dd658234d73c4ee683717100f13f98aed | |
parent | b0a83af0e56a3f1d32059554c06734fff58bebc5 (diff) | |
download | mu-350a255134c7d7efb6d6c456c8d50bf15f96f26d.tar.gz |
new tool: creating a data disk
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diff --git a/shell/README.md b/shell/README.md index 2843d0f1..3431638a 100644 --- a/shell/README.md +++ b/shell/README.md @@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ Currently runs a tiny dialect of Lisp. Steps to run it from the top-level: dd if=shell/data.limg of=data.img conv=notrunc ``` - Run with data disk (and 2GB of RAM): + Equivalently, use `tools/image-data`. + + ```sh + tools/image-data 10 < shell/data.limg + ``` + +3. Run with data disk (and 2GB of RAM): ```sh qemu-system-i386 -m 2G -hda code.img -hdb data.img ``` diff --git a/tools/image-data b/tools/image-data new file mode 100755 index 00000000..fe46e310 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/image-data @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +#!/bin/sh +# Create a disk image containing some (text) data. + +if [ $# -eq 0 ] +then + echo "Fill disk of some capacity (in MB) from stdin" + echo "usage: image-data capacity" + exit 1 +fi + +dd if=/dev/zero of=data.img count=$(($1*2016)) # 32 * 63 sectors/track +dd of=data.img conv=notrunc |