Bug#705954: ITP: ms-sys -- writes Microsoft compatible boot records
* Michael Prokop [Wed Apr 24, 2013 at 00:10:09AM +0200]:
>* Joao Eriberto Mota Filho [Mon Apr 22, 2013 at 01:57:16PM -0300]:
>> * Package name : ms-sys
>> Version : 2.3.0
>> Upstream Author : Henrik Carlqvist <henca@users.SourceForge.net>
>> * URL : http://ms-sys.sf.net
>> * License : GPL2
>> Programming Lang: C
>> Description : writes Microsoft compatible boot records
>> Does the same as Microsoft "fdisk /mbr" to a hard disk or "sys d:" to a floppy
>> or FAT32 partition except that it does not copy any system files, only the boot
>> record is written.
>> The current version supports up to Windows 7.
>We've had this package already in Debian once but it was removed
>because of copyright issues as noted in #470678, JFYI.
>regards,
>-mika-
I suggest ms-sys-free ...
"This is a fork of the ms-sys project by Henrik Carlqvist, removing proprietary boot code from the program, leaving only free ones. There is no need to use this version unless you are concerned about the copyright status of the embedded boot code."
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ms-sys-free/
Useful such as to create a Windows installation USB stick from an iso file. Works great.
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