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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