1apriboot(1)                        Emulators                       apriboot(1)
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NAME

6       apriboot  -  rewrite  disc  boot sector, converting between Apricot and
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SYNOPSIS

10       apriboot [-format  FORMAT]  [-type  TYPE]  [-side  SIDE]  [-comp  COMP]
11       [-retry COUNT] [-pcdos] [-apricot] DISKIMAGE [DSKIMAGE...]

DESCRIPTION

13       Apriboot rewrites the boot sector of the selected disc (or image), con‐
14       verting it between standard PCDOS format and the  format  used  by  the
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OPTIONS

19       -type TYPE
20              Determines which driver is to be used.
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22       -retry COUNT
23              Set  the  number of times to attempt to read the disc in case of
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27       -comp COMP
28              Select the compression method used on the source disc image file
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31       -side SIDE
32              Determines  which  side  (0  or  1) of the disc (image) is to be
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36       -format FORMAT
37              Selects a fixed format. Should not be necessary.
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41              Forces the program to convert to Apricot  format;  if  the  boot
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45       -pcdos Forces  the program to convert to PCDOS format; if the boot sec‐
46              tor is already in PCDOS format, does nothing. If neither  -pcdos
47              nor  -apricot  is  supplied,  the boot sector will be set to the
48              opposite of whatever is currently in use.
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SEE ALSO

52       dsktrans(1)
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AUTHOR

55       John Elliott <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.
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59Version 1.5.9                  17 September 2018                   apriboot(1)