newboot(1M)      SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION COMMANDS       newboot(1M)



NAME
     newboot - load boot programs onto the boot area

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/sbin/newboot [-y] boot0 boot00 character-special

DESCRIPTION
     newboot copies the named  boot  programs  to  the  specified
     character-special  disk boot area;  unless the boot programs
     locate on /stand/mdec directory, you must specify full path-
     names  for  the  boot programs.  The boot area of character-
     special is the first 16, 512-byte blocks on the device.   It
     can  be  identified using prtvtoc and looking for the parti-
     tion start at the sector 0.  You must specify the  character
     (raw)  device name (i.e., /dev/rdsk/sd00a, /dev/rdsk/sd00c).
     If the -y option is not specified, you are prompted for con-
     firmation before the boot area on the character-special par-
     tition is overwritten.  The boot00 program is  the  512-byte
     micro-boot  file  loaded  by  the boot device firmware;  its
     main function is to load and execute the larger  boot0  pro-
     gram.   The boot0 program is the boot program that loads the
     secondary boot program (/boot or /stand/boot) from the  root
     file  system.  The size of the boot0 program can not greater
     than 15 512-byte blocks.

NOTES
     Installing bad boot programs  may  make  the  affected  disk
     unbootable.  Be sure you have a good backup copy of the disk
     before newboot is run.

DIAGNOSTICS
     newboot returns an error if the specified boot programs  are
     not  found.   Use  the full pathnames of the programs (i.e.,
     /stand/mdec/boot0, /stand/mdec/boot00).

SEE ALSO
     cunix(1M),  newfs(1M),  mkfs(1M),  mkboot(1M),  prtvtoc(1M).
     fmthard(1M).
     System Administrator's Guide
















                                                                1