1.\" $NetBSD: mdsetimage.8,v 1.7 2000/06/14 17:26:18 cgd Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher G. Demetriou 4.\" 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 15.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 16.\" This product includes software developed for the 17.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.netbsd.org/ for 18.\" information about NetBSD. 19.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 20.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 23.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 24.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 25.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 26.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 27.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 28.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 29.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 30.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 31.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 32.\" 33.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>> 34.\" 35.Dd October 3, 1996 36.Dt MDSETIMAGE 8 37.Os 38.Sh NAME 39.Nm mdsetimage 40.Nd set kernel RAM disk image 41.Sh SYNOPSIS 42.Nm 43.Op Fl T Ar address 44.Op Fl v 45.Ar kernel 46.Ar image 47.Sh DESCRIPTION 48The 49.Nm 50command copies the disk image specified by 51.Ar image 52into the memory disk storage area in 53.Ar kernel . 54The file system present in 55.Ar image 56will typically be used by the kernel 57as the root file system. 58.Pp 59For a.out kernels only, the 60.Fl T 61flag specifies the starting address of kernel text. 62This flag is ignored for other kernel executable formats. 63.Pp 64If the 65.Fl v 66flag is given, 67.Nm 68will print out status information as 69it is copying the image. 70.Sh SEE ALSO 71.Xr md 4 , 72.Xr mdconfig 8 73