Document bootxx_fat16 with a short description of why it differs from

bootxx_msdos.
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.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.61 2006/12/23 19:50:20 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.62 2007/01/06 20:51:54 dsl Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd December 23, 2006
.Dd January 6, 2007
.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
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Installed into the bootstrap area of the file system by
.Nm .
.
.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootxx_fat16
Primary bootstrap for
.Tn MS-DOS
.Sy FAT16
file systems.
This differs from
.Nm bootxx_msdos
in that it doesn't require the filesystem to have been initialised with
any
.Ql reserved sectors .
It also uses the information in the
.Ql Boot Parameter Block
to get the media and filesytem properties.
.
.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1
Primary bootstrap for
.Sy FFSv1