mkboottape(1M) — sysv — mips UMIPS RISC/os 4.52



MKBOOTTAPE(1M-SysV) RISC/os Reference Manual  MKBOOTTAPE(1M-SysV)



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


































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