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Document -s: arrange for a Sun and NetBSD/sparc-compatible checksum.

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.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.14 1999/08/18 21:42:46 cgd Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.15 1999/09/19 03:07:59 ross Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved.
.\"
@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ Instead of installing a primary bootstrap program, remove any existing
primary bootstrap program.
.It Fl n
Do not actually write anything to the disk.
.It Fl s
Arrange for the final checksum to be Sun and
.Nx Ns /sparc Ns -compatible .
.if 0 \{\
by modifying the sector interior so
the alpha 64-bit checksum also contains the embedded 16-bit sum and
16-bit magic number expected by such systems.
.\}
.Em Note : No The existing
.Nx Ns /sparc
disklabel should use no more than 4 partitions.
.It Fl v
Print information about what
.Nm
@ -145,18 +156,17 @@ file system
secondary bootstrap
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Dl installboot /dev/rsd0c /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffs
.Pp
Install the Berkeley Fast File System primary bootstrap on to disk sd0.
.if t .ne 4
Install the Berkeley Fast File System primary bootstrap on to disk sd0:
.D1 Ic installboot /dev/rsd0c /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffs
.Pp
.Dl installboot -c /dev/rsd1c
.Pp
Remove the primary bootstrap from disk sd1.
.Pp
.Dl installboot /tmp/cd-image /usr/mdec/bootxx_cd9660
Remove the primary bootstrap from disk sd1:
.Dl Ic installboot -c /dev/rsd1c
.Pp
Install the ISO 9660 primary bootstrap in the file
.Pa /tmp/cd-image .
.Pa /tmp/cd-image :
.Dl Ic installboot /tmp/cd-image /usr/mdec/bootxx_cd9660
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr boot 8 ,
.Xr mkbootimage 8
@ -169,9 +179,10 @@ command first appeared in
A previous version which operated quite differently was introduced in
.Nx 1.2 .
.Sh AUTHORS
The current version of the
The
.Nm
utility was written by Chris Demetriou.
utility was written by Chris Demetriou and Ross Harvey.
.if 0 \{\
The previous version of the
.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
.Nm
@ -180,6 +191,7 @@ utility was originally written by Paul Kranenburg for
and modified for use with
.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
by Chris Demetriou, Jason Thorpe, Ross Harvey, and others.
.\}
.Sh BUGS
The
.Nx Ns Tn /alpha