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Add EXIT STATUS section. Use more macros. 

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.\" $NetBSD: mkbootimage.8,v 1.9 2017/07/03 21:31:00 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mkbootimage.8,v 1.10 2017/07/04 06:42:46 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Christopher G. Demetriou
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ The
.Nm
utility creates bootable image files from
.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
bootstrap programs. Bootable image
files can be placed directly on disk or tape to create bootable
media which can be booted by the SRM console. This is
primarily useful for creating bootable tapes or disk sets with the
bootstrap programs.
Bootable image files can be placed directly on disk or tape to
create bootable media which can be booted by the SRM console.
This is primarily useful for creating bootable tapes or disk sets
with the
.Pa /usr/mdec/ustarboot
bootstrap program, or for creating firmware upgrade media
using firmware upgrade programs.
@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ standard output.
The
.Nm
utility does not install bootstrap programs to make
disks bootable. To do that, use
disks bootable.
To do that, use
.Xr installboot 8 .
Similarly, it is not necessary to use
.Nm
@ -86,16 +88,14 @@ Print information about what
.Nm
is doing.
.El
.Pp
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/ustarboot -compact
.It Pa /usr/mdec/ustarboot
.Dq ustar
file system bootstrap program
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std mkbootimage
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent
mkbootimage as200_v5_8.exe as200_v5_8.exe.bootimage
@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ Create a bootable image from the (firmware image) file
That bootable image could then be written to floppy,
disk, CD-ROM, or tape to create bootable firmware
update media.
.Pp
.Bd -literal -offset indent
(mkbootimage /usr/mdec/ustarboot; tar cvf - netbsd) | \\
dd of=/dev/rst0
@ -115,8 +114,8 @@ update media.
Make a bootable image from the bootstrap program
.Pa /usr/mdec/ustarboot ,
concatenate it with a tar file containing a kernel,
and write the output to a tape. This is an example of
how to create a tape which boots a kernel.
and write the output to a tape.
This is an example of how to create a tape which boots a kernel.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr alpha/boot 8 ,
.Xr installboot 8
@ -129,4 +128,5 @@ command first appeared in
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by Chris Demetriou.
utility was written by
.An Chris Demetriou .