69 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
69 lines
2.5 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: mdsetimage.8,v 1.3 1997/09/30 06:20:17 scottr Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved.
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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 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" for the NetBSD Project.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd October 3, 1996
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.Dt MDSETIMAGE 8
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.Os NetBSD 1.2A
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm mdsetimage
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.Nd set kernel RAM disk image
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm mdsetimage
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.Op Fl T Ar address
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.Op Fl v
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.Ar kernel
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.Ar image
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm mdsetimage
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command copies the disk image specified by
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.Ar image
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into the memory disk storage area in
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.Ar kernel .
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The file system present in
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.Ar image
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will typically be used by the kernel
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as the root file system.
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.Pp
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For a.out kernels only, the
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.Fl T
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flag specifies the starting address of kernel text.
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This flag is ignored for other kernel executable formats.
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fl v
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flag is given,
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.Nm
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will print out status information as
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it is copying the image.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr md 4 ,
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.Xr mdconfig 8
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