MKBOOTTAPE(7) MKBOOTTAPE(7)
NAME
mkboottape - make a boot tape
SYNOPSIS
mkboottape [-f output_file_name] file1 file2 ... file20
DESCRIPTION
mkboottape builds a special directory which contains the
list of file names and their logical block number relative
to the beginning of the output file. There may be no more
than twenty files and the file names must be less than or
equal to sixteen characters. The -f option may be used to
specify an alternate output file or device.
Typical use for this program is to create the output file
which is dd'ed to tape using a blocking factor of 16K. The
prom monitor knows about this special directory and can boot
any one of the files found in the directory.
Unless you have means to create a stand alone program this
utility is useless.
AUTHOR
Rick McNeal
ORIGIN
MIPS Computer Systems
Page 1 (last mod. 8/20/87)