69 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
69 lines
2.4 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: mdsetimage.8,v 1.5 1999/03/22 18:44:02 garbled Exp $
|
|
.\"
|
|
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved.
|
|
.\"
|
|
.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
|
|
.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
|
|
.\" are met:
|
|
.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
|
|
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
|
|
.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
|
|
.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
|
|
.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
|
|
.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
|
|
.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
|
|
.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou
|
|
.\" for the NetBSD Project.
|
|
.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
|
|
.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
|
|
.\"
|
|
.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
|
|
.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
|
|
.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
|
|
.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
|
|
.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
|
|
.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
|
|
.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
|
|
.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
|
|
.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
|
|
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
|
|
.\"
|
|
.Dd October 3, 1996
|
|
.Dt MDSETIMAGE 8
|
|
.Os
|
|
.Sh NAME
|
|
.Nm mdsetimage
|
|
.Nd set kernel RAM disk image
|
|
.Sh SYNOPSIS
|
|
.Nm
|
|
.Op Fl T Ar address
|
|
.Op Fl v
|
|
.Ar kernel
|
|
.Ar image
|
|
.Sh DESCRIPTION
|
|
The
|
|
.Nm
|
|
command copies the disk image specified by
|
|
.Ar image
|
|
into the memory disk storage area in
|
|
.Ar kernel .
|
|
The file system present in
|
|
.Ar image
|
|
will typically be used by the kernel
|
|
as the root file system.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
For a.out kernels only, the
|
|
.Fl T
|
|
flag specifies the starting address of kernel text.
|
|
This flag is ignored for other kernel executable formats.
|
|
.Pp
|
|
If the
|
|
.Fl v
|
|
flag is given,
|
|
.Nm
|
|
will print out status information as
|
|
it is copying the image.
|
|
.Sh SEE ALSO
|
|
.Xr md 4 ,
|
|
.Xr mdconfig 8
|