SDI Manager BLOB Commands

SDI manager supports a set of commands that enable you to manipulate the binary large objects (BLOBs) of a disk image (.sdi) file.

Each BLOB is identified by a unique BLOB type field. This field consists of four characters from 0 through 9, A through Z, and underscore character set. BLOB types must be unique within a file.

The following table lists the valid BLOB types.

Type Value Description
BOOT 0x544F4F42 Bootstrap ('BOOT')
LOAD 0x44414F4C OS loader ('LOAD')
DISK 0x4B534944 Disk image ('DISK')
PART 0x54524150 Partition image ('PART')

The following table lists the SDI manager BLOB commands.

Command Description
CREATE Creates a new, empty BLOB.
DELETE Deletes an existing BLOB.
EXPORT Exports a BLOB to a file.
IMPORT Imports a file into a BLOB as a BLOB.

See Also

SDI Manager

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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