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| author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1997-09-30 22:23:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1997-09-30 22:23:58 +0000 |
| commit | c2071394e3eb07dda4a10e9d95d3394ecef64c29 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d2c6bbbf532370a6b9a7aa11b81fb99b621e79d /sys/arch | |
| parent | bbc21ea3427fc0e9cd249002065c1328876fa699 (diff) | |
EXAMPLES
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 | 23 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 index 281b7e6ac58..93188136f34 100644 --- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 +++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.9 1997/09/24 10:37:22 downsj Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.10 1997/09/30 22:23:57 deraadt Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Shalayeff .\" All rights reserved. @@ -119,6 +119,27 @@ partition is always used to represent the .Dq entire disk on i386. .El +.Sh EXAMPLE +The typical use is +.Pp +.Dl # cp /usr/mdec/boot /boot +.Dl # /usr/mdec/installboot -v -n /boot /usr/mdec/biosboot sd0 +.Pp +And if the information supplied looks right, run the above without the +.Fl n +flag. +.Pp +If you are replacing much older versions of the bootblocks on your +drive, you will need to use the +.Fl s +and +.Fl h +arguments to installboot to properly install the bootblocks. You can +either get these figures in your BIOS, or by booting a new floppy +and typing +.Pp +.Dl boot> machine diskinfo +.Pp .Sh BUGS The disklabel .Va d_type |