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6 apriboot - rewrite disc boot sector, converting between Apricot and
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10 apriboot [-format FORMAT] [-type TYPE] [-side SIDE] [-comp COMP]
11 [-retry COUNT] [-pcdos] [-apricot] DISKIMAGE [DSKIMAGE...]
13 Apriboot rewrites the boot sector of the selected disc (or image), con‐
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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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28 Select the compression method used on the source disc image file
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32 Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be
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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
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59Version 1.5.9 17 September 2018 apriboot(1)