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3.Dd 31 May 1995
4.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
5.Os
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm installboot
8.Nd install a bootstrap on a UFS disk
9.Sh SYNOPSIS
10.Nm installboot
11.Fl n | Fl v
12.Ar ufsboot
13.Ar bootxx
14.Ar rawdev
15.Sh DESCRIPTION
16.Nm installboot
17is used to install a "first-stage" boot program into the boot area
18of a UFS disk partition, and initialize the table of block numbers the
19.Ar bootxx
20program uses to load the second-stage boot program.
21.Pp
22The options are as follows:
23.Bl -tag -width flag
24.It Fl n
25Do not actually write anything on the disk.
26.It Fl v
27Be verbose, printing out the block numbers that
28.Ar bootxx
29will use to load
30.Ar ufsboot .
31.El
32.Pp
33The arguments are:
34.Bl -tag -width ufsboot
35.It Ar ufsboot
36the name of the second-stage boot program in the file system
37where the first-stage boot program is to be installed.
38.It Ar bootxx
39the name of the prototype file for the first stage boot program.
40.It Ar rawdev
41the name of the raw device in which the first-stage boot program
42is to be installed.  This should correspond to the block device
43on which the file system containing
44.Ar ufsboot
45is mounted.
46.El
47.Sh BUGS
48.Nm installboot
49requires simultaneous access to the mounted file system and
50the raw device, but that is not allowed with the kernel
51.Nm securelevel
52variable set to a value greater than zero (the default), so
53.Nm installboot
54only works in single-user mode (or insecure mode - see
55.Xr init 8 ).
56.Sh "SEE ALSO"
57.Xr disklabel 8 ,
58.Xr init 8
59