NAME

installboot − install bootblocks in a disk partition

SPARC SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/installboot bootblk raw-disk-device

x86 SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/installboot pboot bootblk raw-disk-device

AVAILABILITY

SUNWcsu

DESCRIPTION

The boot(1M) program is loaded from disk by bootblock code which resides in the appropriate boot area of a disk partition.  bootblk is the name of the bootblock code.  raw-disk-device is the name of the disk device onto which the bootblock code is to be installed; it must be a character device which is readable and writable.  Naming conventions for a SCSI drive are c?t?d?s? and c?d?s? for an IDE drive. 

SPARC EXAMPLES

The ufs bootblock is in /usr/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk.  To install the bootblock on slice 0 of target 0 on controller 1, use:

example# /usr/sbin/installboot /usr/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk \
/dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s0

x86 EXAMPLES

The ufs bootblock is in /usr/lib/fs/ufs/pboot.  To install the bootblock on slice 2 of target 0 on controller 1, use:

example# /usr/sbin/installboot /usr/lib/fs/ufs/pboot \
/usr/lib/fs/ufs/bootblk /dev/rdsk/c1t0d0s2

SEE ALSO

od(1), boot(1M), init(1M), kadb(1M), kernel(1M), reboot(1M), rpc.bootparamd(1M), init.d(4)

SPARC: Installing Solaris Software
x86: Installing Solaris Software

SPARC only

monitor(1M)

WARNINGS

installboot will fail if the bootblk or pboot files don’t exist or if the raw disk device isn’t a character device. 

SunOS 5.4  —  Last change: 25 Feb 1994