1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)fastboot.8 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/05/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt FASTBOOT 8 10.Os BSD 4.2 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm fastboot , 13.Nm fasthalt 14.Nd "reboot/halt the system without checking the disks" 15.Sh SYNOPSIS 16.Nm fastboot 17.Op Ar boot-options 18.Nm fasthalt 19.Op Ar halt-options 20.Sh DESCRIPTION 21.Nm Fastboot 22and 23.Nm fasthalt 24are shell scripts which reboot and halt the system without 25checking the file systems. This is done by creating a 26file 27.Pa /fastboot , 28then invoking the 29.Xr reboot 30program. The system startup script, 31.Pa /etc/rc , 32looks for this file and, if present, skips the normal 33invocation of 34.Xr fsck 8 . 35.Sh SEE ALSO 36.Xr halt 8 , 37.Xr reboot 8 , 38.Xr rc 8 39.Sh HISTORY 40The 41.Nm 42command appeared in 43.Bx 4.2 . 44