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8.Dd
9.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
10.Os BSD 4.3t
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm installboot
13.Nd installs a boot program in a file system
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm installboot
16.Ar bootblock bootprog special
17.Sh DESCRIPTION
18.Xr Installboot
19concatentates
20.Ar bootblock
21and
22.Ar bootprog
23and writes at most
24.Dv BBSIZE
25bytes (from
26.Aq Pa sys/fs.h )
27of them on the first bytes of
28.Ar special .
29.Sh FILES
30.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/bootxxx -compact
31.It Pa /usr/mdec/??boot
32boot blocks
33.It Pa /usr/mdec/boot??
34boot programs
35.El
36.Sh SEE ALSO
37.Xr newfs 8 ,
38.Xr dd 1
39.Sh EXAMPLES
40.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
41cd /usr/mdec
42installboot raboot bootra /dev/ra0a
43.Ed
44.Sh BUGS
45There is no convenient way to determine the names of the boot blocks
46and boot programs without
47.Em a priori
48knowledge of one's make of disk.
49.Sh HISTORY
50The
51.Nm
52command appeared in
53.Bx 4.3 tahoe .
54This manual page was written by Geoff Collyer.
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