1.\" $NetBSD: mdsetimage.8,v 1.2 1997/01/02 00:33:34 pk Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software 14.\" must display the following acknowledgement: 15.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou 16.\" for the NetBSD Project. 17.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 18.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission 19.\" 20.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 21.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 22.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 23.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 24.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 25.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 26.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 27.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 28.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 29.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 30.\" 31.Dd October 3, 1996 32.Dt MDSETIMAGE 8 33.Os NetBSD 1.2A 34.Sh NAME 35.Nm mdsetimage 36.Nd set kernel RAM disk image 37.Sh SYNOPSIS 38.Nm mdsetimage 39.Op Fl v 40.Ar kernel 41.Ar image 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43The 44.Nm mdsetimage 45command copies the disk image specified by 46.Ar image 47into the memory disk storage area in 48.Ar kernel . 49The file system present in 50.Ar image 51will typically be used by the kernel 52as the root file system. 53.Pp 54If the 55.Fl v 56flag is given, 57.Nm 58will print out status information as 59it is copying the image. 60.Sh SEE ALSO 61.Xr md 4 , 62.Xr mdconfig 8 63