From 064fde8b1fdc879ee6cb98f730977cbd07c80592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schmitt Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 08:30:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Defined the term LBA in man xorriso --- libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 | 10 ++- libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.info | 111 +++++++++++++------------- libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.texi | 12 ++- 3 files changed, 72 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-) diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 index ccb5719d..92485166 100644 --- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 +++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) -.TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.3, Nov 27, 2013" +.TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.3, Dec 01, 2013" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: @@ -282,14 +282,18 @@ and the burn program is desired. \-C $msc1,$msc2 is equivalent to: Input drive, i.e. source of an existing or empty ISO image, can be any random access readable libburn drive: optical media with readable data, blank optical media, regular files, block devices. -.PP +.br Output drive, i.e. target for writing, can be any libburn drive. Some drive types do not support the method of growing but only the methods of modifying and blind growing. They all are suitable for newly created images. -.br +.PP All drive file objects have to offer rw\-permission to the user of \fBxorriso\fR. Even those which will not be useable for reading an ISO image. +.br +With any type of drive object, the data are considered to be organized in +blocks of 2 KiB. Access happens in terms of Logical Block Address +(\fBLBA\fR) which gives the number of a particular data block. .PP MMC compliant (i.e. optical) drives on GNU/Linux usually get addressed by the path of their block device or of their generic character device. E.g. diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.info b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.info index 281a4cf0..65d06135 100644 --- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.info +++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.info @@ -258,14 +258,17 @@ File: xorriso.info, Node: Drives, Next: Extras, Prev: Methods, Up: Top Input drive, i.e. source of an existing or empty ISO image, can be any random access readable libburn drive: optical media with readable data, blank optical media, regular files, block devices. +Output drive, i.e. target for writing, can be any libburn drive. Some +drive types do not support the method of growing but only the methods +of modifying and blind growing. They all are suitable for newly created +images. - Output drive, i.e. target for writing, can be any libburn drive. -Some drive types do not support the method of growing but only the -methods of modifying and blind growing. They all are suitable for newly -created images. -All drive file objects have to offer rw-permission to the user of + All drive file objects have to offer rw-permission to the user of `xorriso'. Even those which will not be useable for reading an ISO image. +With any type of drive object, the data are considered to be organized +in blocks of 2 KiB. Access happens in terms of Logical Block Address +(*LBA*) which gives the number of a particular data block. MMC compliant (i.e. optical) drives on GNU/Linux usually get addressed by the path of their block device or of their generic @@ -5373,54 +5376,54 @@ Node: Model3405 Node: Media6311 Node: Methods8982 Node: Drives11557 -Node: Extras14872 -Node: Processing19324 -Node: Dialog22944 -Node: Commands24622 -Node: ArgSort26299 -Node: AqDrive27791 -Node: Loading30836 -Node: Insert47765 -Node: SetInsert57964 -Node: Manip66541 -Node: CmdFind76321 -Node: Filter91363 -Node: Writing95919 -Node: SetWrite106050 -Node: Bootable126375 -Node: Jigdo142765 -Node: Charset147012 -Node: Exception149774 -Node: DialogCtl155894 -Node: Inquiry158492 -Node: Navigate164809 -Node: Verify173107 -Node: Restore182139 -Node: Emulation189226 -Node: Scripting199528 -Node: Frontend207299 -Node: Examples216906 -Node: ExDevices218084 -Node: ExCreate218743 -Node: ExDialog220028 -Node: ExGrowing221293 -Node: ExModifying222098 -Node: ExBootable222602 -Node: ExCharset223154 -Node: ExPseudo224046 -Node: ExCdrecord224944 -Node: ExMkisofs225261 -Node: ExGrowisofs226601 -Node: ExException227736 -Node: ExTime228190 -Node: ExIncBackup228649 -Node: ExRestore232629 -Node: ExRecovery233562 -Node: Files234132 -Node: Seealso235431 -Node: Bugreport236154 -Node: Legal236735 -Node: CommandIdx237746 -Node: ConceptIdx254408 +Node: Extras15072 +Node: Processing19524 +Node: Dialog23144 +Node: Commands24822 +Node: ArgSort26499 +Node: AqDrive27991 +Node: Loading31036 +Node: Insert47965 +Node: SetInsert58164 +Node: Manip66741 +Node: CmdFind76521 +Node: Filter91563 +Node: Writing96119 +Node: SetWrite106250 +Node: Bootable126575 +Node: Jigdo142965 +Node: Charset147212 +Node: Exception149974 +Node: DialogCtl156094 +Node: Inquiry158692 +Node: Navigate165009 +Node: Verify173307 +Node: Restore182339 +Node: Emulation189426 +Node: Scripting199728 +Node: Frontend207499 +Node: Examples217106 +Node: ExDevices218284 +Node: ExCreate218943 +Node: ExDialog220228 +Node: ExGrowing221493 +Node: ExModifying222298 +Node: ExBootable222802 +Node: ExCharset223354 +Node: ExPseudo224246 +Node: ExCdrecord225144 +Node: ExMkisofs225461 +Node: ExGrowisofs226801 +Node: ExException227936 +Node: ExTime228390 +Node: ExIncBackup228849 +Node: ExRestore232829 +Node: ExRecovery233762 +Node: Files234332 +Node: Seealso235631 +Node: Bugreport236354 +Node: Legal236935 +Node: CommandIdx237946 +Node: ConceptIdx254608  End Tag Table diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.texi b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.texi index f7e0ae31..bcd8ec26 100644 --- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.texi +++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.texi @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ @c man .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps @c man .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection @c man .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) -@c man .TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.3, Nov 27, 2013" +@c man .TH XORRISO 1 "Version 1.3.3, Dec 01, 2013" @c man .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. @c man .\" @c man .\" Some roff macros, for reference: @@ -409,15 +409,19 @@ and the burn program is desired. -C $msc1,$msc2 is equivalent to: Input drive, i.e. source of an existing or empty ISO image, can be any random access readable libburn drive: optical media with readable data, blank optical media, regular files, block devices. -@c man .PP -@sp 1 +@* Output drive, i.e. target for writing, can be any libburn drive. Some drive types do not support the method of growing but only the methods of modifying and blind growing. They all are suitable for newly created images. -@* +@c man .PP +@sp 1 All drive file objects have to offer rw-permission to the user of @command{xorriso}. Even those which will not be useable for reading an ISO image. +@* +With any type of drive object, the data are considered to be organized in +blocks of 2 KiB. Access happens in terms of Logical Block Address +(@strong{LBA}) which gives the number of a particular data block. @c man .PP @sp 1 MMC compliant (i.e. optical) drives on GNU/Linux usually get addressed by