apriboot1
Rewrite disc boot sector, converting between apricot and pcdos
Usage
apriboot [-format
FORMAT]
[-type
TYPE]
[-side
SIDE]
[-comp
COMP]
[-retry
COUNT]
[-pcdos]
[-apricot]
DISKIMAGE
[DSKIMAGE ...]
Overview
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
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-type TYPE -
Determines which driver is to be used.
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-retry COUNT -
Set the number of times to attempt to read the disc in case of error.
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-comp COMP -
Select the compression method used on the source disc image file (has no effect when reading a floppy disc).
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-side SIDE -
Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be identified.
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-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.
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-pcdos -
Forces the program to convert to PCDOS format; if the boot sector is already in PCDOS format, does nothing. If neither
-pcdosnor-apricotis supplied, the boot sector will be set to the opposite of whatever is currently in use.
Releases
Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).