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apriboot(1)                        Emulators                       apriboot(1)

NAME
       apriboot - rewrite disc boot sector, converting between Apricot and
       PCDOS

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

DESCRIPTION
       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
       -type TYPE
              Determines which driver is to be used.

       -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).

       -side SIDE
              Determines which side (0 or 1) of the disc (image) is to be
              identified.

       -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.

       -pcdos Forces the program to convert to PCDOS format; if the boot
              sector is already in PCDOS format, does nothing. If neither
              -pcdos nor -apricot is supplied, the boot sector will be set to
              the opposite of whatever is currently in use.

SEE ALSO
       dsktrans(1)

AUTHOR
       John Elliott <jce@seasip.demon.co.uk>.

Version 1.2.1                   23 January 2008                    apriboot(1)