Defined the term LBA in man xorriso

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.

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.
+   All drive file objects have to offer rw-permission to the user of
-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
 `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: Extras15072
-Node: Processing19324
+Node: Processing19524
-Node: Dialog22944
+Node: Dialog23144
-Node: Commands24622
+Node: Commands24822
-Node: ArgSort26299
+Node: ArgSort26499
-Node: AqDrive27791
+Node: AqDrive27991
-Node: Loading30836
+Node: Loading31036
-Node: Insert47765
+Node: Insert47965
-Node: SetInsert57964
+Node: SetInsert58164
-Node: Manip66541
+Node: Manip66741
-Node: CmdFind76321
+Node: CmdFind76521
-Node: Filter91363
+Node: Filter91563
-Node: Writing95919
+Node: Writing96119
-Node: SetWrite106050
+Node: SetWrite106250
-Node: Bootable126375
+Node: Bootable126575
-Node: Jigdo142765
+Node: Jigdo142965
-Node: Charset147012
+Node: Charset147212
-Node: Exception149774
+Node: Exception149974
-Node: DialogCtl155894
+Node: DialogCtl156094
-Node: Inquiry158492
+Node: Inquiry158692
-Node: Navigate164809
+Node: Navigate165009
-Node: Verify173107
+Node: Verify173307
-Node: Restore182139
+Node: Restore182339
-Node: Emulation189226
+Node: Emulation189426
-Node: Scripting199528
+Node: Scripting199728
-Node: Frontend207299
+Node: Frontend207499
-Node: Examples216906
+Node: Examples217106
-Node: ExDevices218084
+Node: ExDevices218284
-Node: ExCreate218743
+Node: ExCreate218943
-Node: ExDialog220028
+Node: ExDialog220228
-Node: ExGrowing221293
+Node: ExGrowing221493
-Node: ExModifying222098
+Node: ExModifying222298
-Node: ExBootable222602
+Node: ExBootable222802
-Node: ExCharset223154
+Node: ExCharset223354
-Node: ExPseudo224046
+Node: ExPseudo224246
-Node: ExCdrecord224944
+Node: ExCdrecord225144
-Node: ExMkisofs225261
+Node: ExMkisofs225461
-Node: ExGrowisofs226601
+Node: ExGrowisofs226801
-Node: ExException227736
+Node: ExException227936
-Node: ExTime228190
+Node: ExTime228390
-Node: ExIncBackup228649
+Node: ExIncBackup228849
-Node: ExRestore232629
+Node: ExRestore232829
-Node: ExRecovery233562
+Node: ExRecovery233762
-Node: Files234132
+Node: Files234332
-Node: Seealso235431
+Node: Seealso235631
-Node: Bugreport236154
+Node: Bugreport236354
-Node: Legal236735
+Node: Legal236935
-Node: CommandIdx237746
+Node: CommandIdx237946
-Node: ConceptIdx254408
+Node: ConceptIdx254608
 
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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