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installboot  —  Administrative Commands

NAME

installboot − Installs boot program on disk. 

SYNOPSIS

installboot [-u] -D device  boot_program

OPTIONS

−uIndicates the boot file has no a.out header (unix style). 

−D deviceUses the specified device (sample names: "rsd0", "rxy1"). 
 

DESCRIPTION

installboot copies the specified boot program onto a disk, removing the a.out header as it does so. 
 

SEE ALSO

makeboot
 

FILES

/sprite/boot- Directory containing per-machine TFTP boot files.  These are typically symbolic links to machine-dependent boot programs. 
/sprite/boot.$MACHINE- Home for the machine dependent boot programs. 
 

KEYWORDS

boot, a.out
 

Sprite version 1.0  —  February 14, 1990

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