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apriboot
Section: Emulators (1)
Updated: 23 January 2008
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NAME
apriboot - rewrite disc boot sector, converting between Apricot and PCDOS
SYNOPSIS
apriboot
[-format FORMAT]
[-type TYPE]
[-side SIDE]
[-comp COMP]
[-retry COUNT]
[-pcdos]
[-apricot]
DISKIMAGE
[DSKIMAGE...]
DESCRIPTION
Apriboot rewrites the boot sector of the selected disc (or image),
converting it between standard PCDOS format and the format used by
the Apricot PC / Xi / F-series computers.
OPTIONS
- -type TYPE
-
Determines which driver is to be used.
- -retry COUNT
-
Set the number of times to attempt to read the disc in case of error.
- -comp COMP
-
Select the compression method used on the source disc image file (has no
effect when reading a floppy disc).
- -side SIDE
-
Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be identified.
- -format FORMAT
-
Selects a fixed format. Should not be necessary.
- -apricot
-
Forces the program to convert to Apricot format; if the boot sector is
already in Apricot format, does nothing.
- -pcdos
-
Forces the program to convert to PCDOS format; if the boot sector is
already in PCDOS format, does nothing. If neither
-pcdos
nor
-apricot
is supplied, the boot sector will be set to the opposite of whatever
is currently in use.
SEE ALSO
dsktrans(1)
AUTHOR
John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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