bximage(1)

1bximage(1)                     The Bochs Project                    bximage(1)
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NAME

6       bximage  -  Interactive  Disk  Image  Creation,  Conversion, Resize and
7       Redolog Commit Tool for Bochs
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SYNOPSIS

10       bximage [options] [filename1] [filename2]
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DESCRIPTION

13       Bximage is an easy to use console based tool for  creating,  converting
14       and  resizing  disk  images,  particularly for  use with Bochs. It also
15       supports committing  redolog files to their  base images.  It is   com‐
16       pletely   interactive   if no command line  arguments are used.  It can
17       be switched to a non-interactive mode  if all required  parameters  are
18       given in the command line.
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OPTIONS

21       When you run bximage without one of the following options, it will  ap‐
22       pear  in  interactive  mode and  ask   for  all required parameters  to
23       manipulate an image.
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25       -func=...
26              Operation to perform (create, convert, resize, commit, info)
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28       -fd=...
29              Create: floppy image with size code (e.g. 360k, 720k, 1.44M)
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31       -hd=...
32              Create/resize: hard disk image with size in megabytes (M) or gi‐
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35       -imgmode=...
36              Create/convert: hard disk image mode - see  the  bochsrc  sample
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39       -b     Convert/resize:  create  a  backup  of the source image. Commit:
40              create backups of base image and redolog file.
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42       -q     Quiet  mode (don't prompt for user input). Without  this  option
43              bximage  uses  the  command  line parameters as defaults for the
44              interactive mode. If this option is given and  one  of  the  re‐
45              quired parameters is missing, bximage will fall back to interac‐
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48       --help Print  a  summary  of  the command line options for bximage  and
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51       The  filename1  parameter specifies the name of the new image (create),
52       the source image (convert/resize) or the base image (commit).
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54       The filename2 parameter specifies the name  of  the  destination  image
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LICENSE

58       This  program   is distributed  under the terms of the  GNU Lesser Gen‐
59       eral Public License as published  by  the  Free  Software   Foundation.
60       See  the LICENSE and COPYING files located in /usr/share/doc/bochs/ for
61       details on the license and the lack of warranty.
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AVAILABILITY

64       The latest version of this program can be found at:
65         http://bochs.sourceforge.net/getcurrent.html
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AUTHORS

77       The original version of bximage  was written  by Bryce Denney, based on
78       several  similar tools from the bochs-developers list.  The support for
79       converting and resizing images has been added by Volker Ruppert.
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BUGS

82       Please  report all  bugs to the bug tracker  on  our  web site. Just go
83       to http://bochs.sourceforge.net, and click "Bug Reports" on the sidebar
84       under "Feedback."
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86       Provide a detailed description of the bug, the version of  the  program
87       you  are  running,  the operating system you are running the program on
88       and  the  operating   system  you are running in the emulator.
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93bximage                           9 Jan 2021                        bximage(1)