98 lines
3.3 KiB
Groff
98 lines
3.3 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.1 1998/12/22 02:34:09 mrg Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Matthew R. Green.
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
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.\" by Paul Kranenburg.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
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.\" Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
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.\" contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
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.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
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.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd December 11, 1998
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.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm installboot
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.Nd install a bootstrap disk partition
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm installboot
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.Op Fl v
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.Op Fl d
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.Ar bootblk
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.Ar device
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm installboot
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copies the bootstrap program
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.Ar bootblk
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to the named disk partition
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.Ar device .
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The boot block has a maximum size of 7.5KB, and will be written after the
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system disklabel starting at 512 bytes. If the boot program is longer then
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7.5Kb will be truncated.
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.Pp
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The boot program can be found in
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.Pa /usr/mdec/bootblk
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It Fl n
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Do not actually write anything on the disk.
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.It Fl v
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Verbose mode.
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.El
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.Pp
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The arguments are:
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.Bl -tag -width bootblk
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.It Ar bootblk
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the name of the program, if not found it will be searched for in the
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.Pa /usr/mdec
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directory.
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.It Ar device
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the name of the device in which the first-stage boot program
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is to be installed. If it is not found, it will be searched for in the
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.Pa /dev
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directory, and also with an additional
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.Dq c
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on the path.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The following command will install the bootblocks in the disk
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.Dq sd0 ,
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using the file
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.Pa /usr/mdec/bootblk
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(if it exists) onto the device
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.Dq /dev/sd0c :
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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installboot -v bootblk sd0
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.Ed
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Xr disklabel 8 ,
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.Xr init 8
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