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diff --git a/README b/README index 97b99f6..2cefea4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -3,3 +3,54 @@ mkgpt A simple tool for creating disk images with a GPT header and including the contents of provided partition images. +Compiling: + +./configure +make +sudo make install + +A Visual C++ 2012 project is also provided for Windows builds + + +Options: + + -o <output_file> Specify output filename + --sector-size <size> Size of a sector (defaults to 512) + --minimum-image-size <size> Minimum size of the image in sectors + (defaults to 2048) + --disk-guid <guid> GUID of the entire disk (see GUID format + below - defaults to random) + + --part <file> <options> Begin a partition entry containing the + specified image as its data and + options as below + + +Partition options + --name <name> Set the name of the entry in the GPT + --type <type> Set the type of the entry, either a GUID, + MBR partition ID _in decimal_ or + one of the known paritition types + --uuid <guid> Specify the UUID of the partition in the GPT + (defaults to a random uuid) + + + +Known partition types: +system - EFI sytem partition +bios - BIOS boot partition +FAT types: fat12, fat16, fat16b, fat32, fat16x, fat32x, fat16+, fat32+ +NTFS types: ntfs +Linux types: linux + + + + +GUID format: +GUIDs/UUIDs should be represented in the canonical representation as per +https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier#Format +without any surrounding braces. An example is: +123E4567-E89B-12D3-A456-426655440000 + +Optionally, the string 'random' can be used to generate a random GUID. + |