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.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.1 2013/09/29 17:51:34 miod Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Paul Kranenburg
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.Dd $Mdocdate: September 29 2013 $
.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 aviion
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm installboot
.Nd install a bootstrap on a disk
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm installboot
.Op Fl n
.Op Fl v
.Ar boot
.Ar rawdev
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm installboot
is used to install a boot program into the VDM boot area of a disk.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl n
Do not actually write anything on the disk.
.It Fl v
Be verbose, printing out boot area and boot file information.
.El
.Pp
The arguments are:
.Bl -tag -width boot
.It Ar boot
the name of the boot program to be installed.
.It Ar rawdev
the name of the raw disk device in which the boot program is to be installed.
It may be abbreviated into a form recognizable by
.Xr opendev 3 .
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal -offset
/usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/boot sd0
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr init 8
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