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Description
The "mkdskcmd" utility:
- Creates empty disk images of a given standard disk type or a custom disk size
- Transfers existing disk images of one type to disk images of another type.
Creating disk images
The first step is to obtain the name of the disk that needs to be created:
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The "--blcount" (blocks count) and "--blsize" (blocks size) switches are used to create custom disk images.
Transferring disk images
The "mkdskcmd" utility is able to transfer (copy) disk images of one type to a disk image of another type.
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There is a certain delay between the moment when the utility reports that a disk image has been transferred and its actual availability to CHARON. This delay can reach to several minutes in case of very big disks transfers. It happens because the host operating systems needs some time for actual allocation of the enlarged file on HDD. |