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diff --git a/genisoimage/apple_driver.8 b/genisoimage/apple_driver.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..773a074 --- /dev/null +++ b/genisoimage/apple_driver.8 @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +'\" te +.\" To print, first run through tbl +.TH APPLE_DRIVER 8 "18 May 1998" "Version 1.0" +.SH NAME +apple_driver \- extract Macintosh partition label, maps and boot driver +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B apple_driver +CDROM_device > HFS_driver_file +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Apple_driver +extracts the information from an Apple (or compatible) CD-ROM required +for the +.I \-hfs-boot-file +option to +.IR mkhybrid (1). +.PP +The +.I CDROM_device +is the device name used by the CD-ROM (e.g. /dev/cdrom). +.PP +The format of the HFS driver file is: +.PP +.TS +l l . +HFS CD Label Block 512 bytes +Driver Partition Map (for 2048 byte blocks) 512 bytes +Driver Partition Map (for 512 byte blocks) 512 bytes +Empty 512 bytes +Driver Partition N x 2048 bytes +HFS Partition Boot Block 1024 bytes +.TE +.PP +The Perl script +.I hdisk.pl +can be used to give a listing of what's on a Mac CD. hdisk.pl is part of +hfsutils. +.SH NOTE +By using a driver from an Apple CD and copying Apple software to your CD, +you become liable to obey Apple Computer, Inc. Software License Agreements. + +.SH SEE\ ALSO +.IR mkhybrid (1) +.SH PROGRAMMER +James Pearson (j.pearson@ge.ucl.ac.uk) 18/5/98 +.PP +The driver code (both extracting the driver and creating partitions etc. +is based on code from +.I genisoimage 1.05 PLUS +by Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se> +(see http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/genisoimage_plus.html) +.PP +This manpage describes the program implementation of +.B +apple_driver +as shipped by the cdrkit distribution. See +.B +http://alioth.debian.org/projects/debburn/ +for details. It is a spinof from the original program distributed by the cdrtools project. However, the cdrtools developers are not involved in the development of this spinoff and therefore shall not be made responsible for any problem caused by it. Do not try to get support for this program by contacting the original authors. +.PP +If you have support questions, send them to +.PP +.B +debburn-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org +.br +.PP +If you have definitely found a bug, send a mail to this list or to +.PP +.B +submit@bugs.debian.org +.br +.PP +writing at least a short description into the Subject and "Package: cdrkit" into the first line of the mail body. |