MKBOOT(8)               COMMAND REFERENCE               MKBOOT(8)



NAME
     mkboot - install boot monitor in maintenance partition of
     hard disk

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/mkboot special file

DESCRIPTION
     During system bootstrapping, the ROMs read the Boot Monitor
     from the maintenance partition of the primary hard disk.
     Mkboot installs the Boot Monitor in the maintenance
     partition, ready to be read by the ROMs.  The Boot Monitor
     is in the file /etc/diskboot.

     Special is the  o  partition of the disk on which file is
     being installed.

     The Boot Monitor must be installed on the first hard disk to
     allow bootstrapping; it will be installed there by the
     buildroot facility of miniroot, using mkboot.  The Boot
     Monitor should be installed on every hard disk to provide
     alternate bootstrapping paths.

     Installation must be performed by the superuser since the  o
     partition is not generally writeable.

EXAMPLES
     To install the Boot Monitor on the maintenance partition of
     the first optional disk (ds06), type the following:

          /etc/mkboot /dev/rds06o /etc/diskboot

FILES
     /etc/diskboot
                  the Boot Monitor

SEE ALSO
     ds(4), and diskboot(8).

















Printed 5/12/88                                                 1

%%index%%
na:288,124;
sy:412,252;
de:664,1171;
ex:1835,301;
fi:2136,133;
se:2269,146;
%%index%%000000000109