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+#!/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