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NAME
       createhdf -- Create a blank IDE hard disk image in .hdf format

SYNOPSIS
       createhdf [ -c ]	[ -s ] [-v version] cylinders heads sectors file

DESCRIPTION
       createhdf  creates a blank image	of an IDE hard disk in .hdf format for
       use with	Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulators.

OPTIONS
       -c     specifies	that the .hdf image should  be	created	 in  `compact'
	      mode, where only the low byte of every word is stored in the im-
	      age.  This  is useful for	saving space if	the hard disk image is
	      for use with an interface	which accesses only the	 low  byte  of
	      every word.

       -s     specifies	 that the .hdf image should not	be created as a	sparse
	      file. Normally, createhdf	will attempt to	create the  hard  disk
	      image  as	a `sparse file', where the operating system knows that
	      the file consists	mostly of zero bytes and fills those in	 with-
	      out  using  any  space  in  the file. This option	disables this.
	      (There's nothing `magic' about this: if data is written  to  the
	      file,  it	will take up space just	like any other data; it's only
	      empty space which	is synthesised by the operating	system).

       -v version
	      specifies	the version of .hdf image to be	created. Valid	values
	      are  `1.0'  for  a  version 1.0 file and `1.1' for a version 1.1
	      file. Defaults to	creating version 1.1 files.

       -h, --help
	      give brief usage help, listing available options.

       -V, --version
	      output version information.

       cylinders
	      specifies	the number of cylinders	in the image.

       heads  specifies	the number of heads in the image.

       sectors
	      specifies	the number of sectors in the image.

       file   specifies	the file to which the image should be written.

BUGS
       None known.

SEE ALSO
       fuse(1),	fuse-utils(1), libspectrum(3)

       The .hdf	format specification, at
       http://www.zxshed.co.uk/sinclairfaq/index.php5?title=HDF_format.

       The comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at
       http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html.

AUTHOR
       Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk).

Version	1.4.3			1st July, 2018			  createhdf(1)

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