1 .\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.7 2001/11/24 16:38:08 perry Exp $
4 .Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 mvme68k
8 .Nd install a bootstrap on a UFS disk
10 .Nm /usr/mdec/installboot
17 is used to install a "first-stage" boot program into the boot area
18 of a UFS disk partition, and initialize the table of block numbers the
20 program uses to load the second-stage boot program.
22 The options are as follows:
25 Do not actually write anything on the disk.
27 Be verbose, printing out the block numbers that
34 .Bl -tag -width ufsboot
36 the name of the second-stage boot program in the file system
37 where the first-stage boot program is to be installed.
39 the name of the prototype file for the first stage boot program.
41 the name of the raw device in which the first-stage boot program
42 is to be installed. This should correspond to the block device
43 on which the file system containing
52 requires simultaneous access to the mounted file system and
53 the raw device, but that is not allowed with the kernel
55 variable set to a value greater than zero (the default), so
57 only works in single-user mode (or insecure mode - see