ms-sys 2.8.0

Linux program for writing Microsoft compatible boot records. This program 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.

Tags c boot
License GNU GPL
State stable

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Recent Releases

2.8.008 Oct 2022 21:11 minor feature: No changes since previos development version 2.7.0, just marking 2.8.0 as stable version.
2.7.028 Jun 2020 15:17 major feature: Added support to run on macOS/OS X Added NT6.0 FAT32 boot record (Win7/8/10) Added NT6.0 EXFAT boot record (Win8/10) Improved partition device and start sector detection on FreeBSD Implemented full support for OpenBSD
2.6.017 Mar 2019 00:52 documentation: No changes since previos development version 2.5.3, just marking 2.6.0 as stable version.
2.5.327 Feb 2016 19:53 minor feature: Added french man page and translation.
2.5.216 Jan 2016 15:35 minor feature: Added german man page, added support for Grub2 and Grub4Dos MBR, added support for KolibriOS MBR and FAT32 boot record, added support for ReactOS MBR, FAT32 and FAT16 BR, added support for Rufus MBR, added experimental support for large sectors ( 512), now possible to alter OEM ID of FAT and NTFS boot records, now possible to alter Windows Disk Signature in MBR.
2.5.126 Sep 2015 18:48 minor feature: Added support to also run on OpenBSD Added german translation
2.5.005 Jan 2015 16:13 major feature: Added support to also run on FreeBSD
2.4.101 Jan 2015 14:19 minor feature: Added support for FAT32 PE boot record.
2.4.024 Jul 2014 23:09 minor feature: Added support for syslinux GPT MBR. Updated syslinux mbr to version 6.02.