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.Dd 
.Dt FASTBOOT 8
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm fastboot ,
.Nm fasthalt
.Nd "reboot/halt the system without checking the disks"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm fastboot
.Op Ar boot-options
.Nm fasthalt
.Op Ar halt-options
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Fastboot
and
.Nm fasthalt
are shell scripts which reboot and halt the system without
checking the file systems.  This is done by creating a
file 
.Pa /fastboot ,
then invoking the 
.Xr reboot
program.  The system startup script,
.Pa /etc/rc ,
looks for this file and, if present, skips the normal
invocation of
.Xr fsck 8 .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr halt 8 ,
.Xr reboot 8 ,
.Xr rc 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command appeared in
.Bx 4.2 .