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32.\" @(#)fastboot.8 6.3 (Berkeley) 3/16/91
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34.Dd March 16, 1991
35.Dt FASTBOOT 8
36.Os BSD 4.2
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm fastboot ,
39.Nm fasthalt
40.Nd "reboot/halt the system without checking the disks"
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm fastboot
43.Op Ar boot-options
44.Nm fasthalt
45.Op Ar halt-options
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47.Nm Fastboot
48and
49.Nm fasthalt
50are shell scripts which reboot and halt the system without
51checking the file systems. This is done by creating a
52file
53.Pa /fastboot ,
54then invoking the
55.Xr reboot
56program. The system startup script,
57.Pa /etc/rc ,
58looks for this file and, if present, skips the normal
59invocation of
60.Xr fsck 8 .
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr halt 8 ,
63.Xr reboot 8 ,
64.Xr rc 8
65.Sh HISTORY
66The
67.Nm
68command appeared in
69.Bx 4.2 .