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# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 1998/12/22 02:34:09 mrg Exp $
# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2000/08/26 02:14:34 mrg Exp $
MAN= MAKEDEV.8 installboot.8
MLINKS= MAKEDEV.8 makedev.8
MANSUBDIR=/sparc64
.include <bsd.man.mk>
.PATH: ${.CURDIR}/../man8.sparc

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.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.3 1999/12/30 22:31:20 simonb Exp $
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.Dd December 11, 1998
.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 sparc64
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm installboot
.Nd install a bootstrap disk partition
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm installboot
.Op Fl v
.Op Fl d
.Ar bootblk
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm installboot
copies the bootstrap program
.Ar bootblk
to the named disk partition
.Ar device .
The boot block has a maximum size of 7.5KB, and will be written after the
system disklabel starting at 512 bytes. If the boot program is longer then
7.5Kb will be truncated.
.Pp
The boot program can be found in
.Pa /usr/mdec/bootblk
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl n
Do not actually write anything on the disk.
.It Fl v
Verbose mode.
.El
.Pp
The arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width bootblk
.It Ar bootblk
the name of the program, if not found it will be searched for in the
.Pa /usr/mdec
directory.
.It Ar device
the name of the device in which the first-stage boot program
is to be installed. If it is not found, it will be searched for in the
.Pa /dev
directory, and also with an additional
.Dq c
on the path.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following command will install the bootblocks in the disk
.Dq sd0 ,
using the file
.Pa /usr/mdec/bootblk
(if it exists) onto the device
.Dq /dev/sd0c :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
installboot -v bootblk sd0
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr init 8