1.\" $NetBSD: fastboot.8,v 1.13 2003/08/07 10:04:15 agc Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 4.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16.\" without specific prior written permission. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" @(#)fastboot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 31.\" 32.Dd June 5, 1993 33.Dt FASTBOOT 8 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm fastboot , 37.Nm fasthalt 38.Nd "reboot/halt the system without checking the disks" 39.Sh SYNOPSIS 40.Nm 41.Op Ar boot-options 42.Nm fasthalt 43.Op Ar halt-options 44.Sh DESCRIPTION 45.Nm 46and 47.Nm fasthalt 48are shell scripts which reboot or halt the system, and when next 49started, the system will skip the normal the file systems checks. 50This is done by creating a file 51.Pa /fastboot , 52then invoking the 53.Xr reboot 8 54program. 55The system startup script, 56.Pa /etc/rc , 57looks for this file and, if present, skips the normal invocation of 58.Xr fsck 8 . 59.Sh SEE ALSO 60.Xr halt 8 , 61.Xr rc 8 , 62.Xr reboot 8 63.Sh HISTORY 64The 65.Nm 66command appeared in 67.Bx 4.2 . 68