dskid1
Identify floppy or disc image file for emulated machines
Usage
dskid [-format
FORMAT]
[-type
TYPE]
[-side
SIDE]
[-comp
COMP]
[-retry
COUNT]
DISKIMAGE
[DSKIMAGE ...]
Overview
Dskid is a utility which will identify how a disc (or image) is formatted. It reports the required driver and various information about the disc geometry.
Options
-
-type TYPE -
Determines which driver is to be used.
auto-
Select according to the disc image file. This is the default.
dsk-
Use the DSK (CPCEmu format) image driver.
edsk-
Use the extended version of the DSK format.
floppy-
Use the floppy driver.
myz80-
Use the hard disk (MYZ80 format) image driver. (This format cannot be autodetected.)
cfi-
Use the CFI (DOS fdcopy format) image driver. (This format cannot be autodetected.)
raw-
Use the raw driver.
-
-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).
auto-
Detect from the first few bytes of the file. This is the default.
sq-
Huffman coded (SQ / USQ).
gz-
Gzipped (gzip / gunzip).
bz2-
Burrows-Wheeler compressed (bzip2 / bunzip2).
-
-side SIDE -
Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be identified.
Releases
Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster).