-.TH REBOOT 8 ""
-.UC 4
-.SH NAME
-reboot \- UNIX bootstrapping procedures
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B reboot
-[
-.B \-n
-] [
-.B \-q
-]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-UNIX is started by placing it in memory
-at location zero and transferring to the entry point.
-Since the system is not reenterable,
-it is necessary to read it in from disk or tape
-each time it is to be bootstrapped.
-.PP
-.B Rebooting a running system.
-When a UNIX is running and a reboot is desired,
-.IR shutdown (8)
-is normally used.
-If there are no users then
-.B reboot
-can be used.
-Reboot causes the disks to be synced and allows the system
-to perform other shutdown activities such as resynchronizing
-hardware time-of-day clocks.
-A multi-user reboot (as described below) is then initiated.
-This causes a system to be
-booted and an automatic disk check to be performed. If all this succeeds
-without incident, the system is then brought up for many users.
-.PP
-Options to reboot are:
-.TP
-.B \-n
-option avoids the sync. It can be used if a disk or the processor
-is on fire.
-.TP
-.B \-q
-reboots quickly and ungracefully, without shutting down running
-processes first.
-.PP
-.I Reboot
-normally logs the reboot using
-.IR syslog (8)
-and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file
-/var/log/wtmp.
-These actions are inhibited if the
-.B \-n
-or
-.B \-q
-options are present.
-.PP
-.B "Power fail and crash recovery."