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INSTALLBOOT(8)            BSD System Manager's Manual           INSTALLBOOT(8)

N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
    i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\blb\bbo\boo\bot\bt - installs a boot program in a file system

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
    i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\blb\bbo\boo\bot\bt _\bb_\bo_\bo_\bt_\bb_\bl_\bo_\bc_\bk _\bb_\bo_\bo_\bt_\bp_\br_\bo_\bg _\bs_\bp_\be_\bc_\bi_\ba_\bl

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
    Installboot concatentates _\bb_\bo_\bo_\bt_\bb_\bl_\bo_\bc_\bk and _\bb_\bo_\bo_\bt_\bp_\br_\bo_\bg and writes at most
    BBSIZE bytes (from <_\bs_\by_\bs_\b/_\bf_\bs_\b._\bh>) of them on the first bytes of _\bs_\bp_\be_\bc_\bi_\ba_\bl.

F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS
    /usr/mdec/??boot   boot blocks
    /usr/mdec/boot??   boot programs

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
    newfs(8),  dd(1)

E\bEX\bXA\bAM\bMP\bPL\bLE\bES\bS
          cd /usr/mdec
          installboot raboot bootra /dev/ra0a

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
    There is no convenient way to determine the names of the boot blocks and
    boot programs without _\ba _\bp_\br_\bi_\bo_\br_\bi knowledge of one's make of disk.

H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
    The i\bin\bns\bst\bta\bal\bll\blb\bbo\boo\bot\bt command appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe. This manual page was
    written by Geoff Collyer.

4.3-Tahoe Berkeley Distribution  June 5, 1993                                1