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 <seasip.webmaster@gmail.com>.

Version 1.5.9                                   17 September 2018                                    apriboot(1)