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36.Dd June 5, 1993
37.Dt FASTBOOT 8
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm fastboot ,
41.Nm fasthalt
42.Nd "reboot/halt the system without checking the disks"
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Ar boot-options
46.Nm fasthalt
47.Op Ar halt-options
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Nm
50and
51.Nm fasthalt
52are shell scripts which reboot or halt the system, and when next
53started, the system will skip the normal the file systems checks.
54This is done by creating a file
55.Pa /fastboot ,
56then invoking the
57.Xr reboot 8
58program.
59The system startup script,
60.Pa /etc/rc ,
61looks for this file and, if present, skips the normal invocation of
62.Xr fsck 8 .
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr halt 8 ,
65.Xr rc 8 ,
66.Xr reboot 8
67.Sh HISTORY
68The
69.Nm
70command appeared in
71.Bx 4.2 .
72