NAME

pro_fmt - Create a blank Apple II ProDOS disk image file

SYNOPSIS

pro_fmt [options] FILE

DESCRIPTION

pro_fmt creates blank ProDOS disk images. The images are NOT bootable, because they lack the necessary code in the boot blocks, unless you use the "--boot-from" option to copy the boot blocks from a bootable disk image.

Note that some emulators cannot deal with image files that are smaller than their nominal size. That is, they expect a 280 block disk image file to be 143,360 bytes long. Always use the "--extend" option when creating image files for such emulators.

OPTIONS

-b, --boot-from=FILE  Copy boot blocks from disk image FILE
-e, --extend          Extend FILE to its maximum size
-f, --force           Overwrite an existing file
-d, --dos-order       Make a DOS 3.3-order image file
-p, --prodos-order    Make a ProDOS-order image file
-s, --size=BLOCKS     Make the image BLOCKS blocks in size
                        (default 280)
-v, --volume=NAME     Use NAME for the ProDOS volume name
                        (default NEWDISK)
    --help            Display this help message
    --version         Display version information

REQUIREMENTS

pro_fmt requires the modules AppleII::ProDOS and AppleII::Disk, which are included with LibA2.

AUTHOR

Christopher J. Madsen <cjm@pobox.com>