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30.Dd October 3, 1996
31.Dt MDSETIMAGE 8
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm mdsetimage
35.Nd set kernel RAM disk image
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Nm
38.Op Fl T Ar address
39.Op Fl v
40.Ar kernel
41.Ar image
42.Sh DESCRIPTION
43The
44.Nm
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
54For a.out kernels only, the
55.Fl T
56flag specifies the starting address of kernel text.
57This flag is ignored for other kernel executable formats.
58.Pp
59If the
60.Fl v
61flag is given,
62.Nm
63will print out status information as
64it is copying the image.
65.Sh SEE ALSO
66.Xr md 4 ,
67.Xr mdconfig 8
68