83 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
83 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.8 1999/12/30 22:31:20 simonb Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1986, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" from: @(#)installboot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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.\"
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.Dd June 5, 1993
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.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 vax
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm installboot
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.Nd installs a boot program in a file system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Ar bootblock bootprog special
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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concatenates
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.Ar bootblock
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and
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.Ar bootprog
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and writes at most
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.Dv BBSIZE
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bytes (from
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.Aq Pa sys/fs.h )
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of them on the first bytes of
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.Ar special .
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/bootxxx -compact
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/??boot
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boot blocks
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/boot??
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boot programs
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr newfs 8 ,
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.Xr dd 1
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
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cd /usr/mdec
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installboot raboot bootra /dev/ra0a
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.Ed
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.Sh BUGS
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There is no convenient way to determine the names of the boot blocks
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and boot programs without
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.Em a priori
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knowledge of one's make of disk.
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
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This manual page was written by Geoff Collyer.
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