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.Dd 
.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
.Os BSD 4.3t
.Sh NAME
.Nm installboot
.Nd installs a boot program in a file system
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm installboot
.Ar bootblock bootprog special
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Xr Installboot
concatentates
.Ar bootblock
and
.Ar bootprog
and writes at most
.Dv BBSIZE
bytes (from
.Aq Pa sys/fs.h )
of them on the first bytes of
.Ar special .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/bootxxx -compact
.It Pa /usr/mdec/??boot
boot blocks
.It Pa /usr/mdec/boot??
boot programs
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr newfs 8 ,
.Xr dd 1
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
cd /usr/mdec
installboot raboot bootra /dev/ra0a
.Ed
.Sh BUGS
There is no convenient way to determine the names of the boot blocks
and boot programs without
.Em a priori
knowledge of one's make of disk.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
This manual page was written by Geoff Collyer.