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        !            31: .Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
        !            32: .Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 mvmeppc
        !            33: .Os
        !            34: .Sh NAME
        !            35: .Nm installboot
        !            36: .Nd install a bootstrap on an FFS disk
        !            37: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            38: .Nm installboot
        !            39: .Op Fl n
        !            40: .Op Fl v
        !            41: .Ar boot
        !            42: .Ar bootxx
        !            43: .Ar rawdev
        !            44: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            45: .Nm installboot
        !            46: is used to install a "first-stage" boot program into the boot area
        !            47: of an FFS disk partition, and initialize the table of block numbers the
        !            48: .Ar bootxx
        !            49: program uses to load the second-stage boot program.
        !            50: .Pp
        !            51: The options are as follows:
        !            52: .Bl -tag -width flag
        !            53: .It Fl n
        !            54: Do not actually write anything on the disk.
        !            55: .It Fl v
        !            56: Be verbose, printing out the block numbers that
        !            57: .Ar bootxx
        !            58: will use to load
        !            59: .Ar boot .
        !            60: .El
        !            61: .Pp
        !            62: The arguments are:
        !            63: .Bl -tag -width bootxx
        !            64: .It Ar boot
        !            65: the name of the second-stage boot program in the file system
        !            66: where the first-stage boot program is to be installed.
        !            67: .It Ar bootxx
        !            68: the name of the prototype file for the first stage boot program.
        !            69: .It Ar rawdev
        !            70: the name of the raw device in which the first-stage boot program
        !            71: is to be installed.
        !            72: This should correspond to the block device on which the file system containing
        !            73: .Ar boot
        !            74: is mounted.
        !            75: .El
        !            76: .Sh EXAMPLES
        !            77: .Bd -literal -offset
        !            78: cp /usr/mdec/bootsd /boot
        !            79: /usr/mdec/installboot /boot /usr/mdec/bootxx /dev/rsd0a
        !            80: .Ed
        !            81: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            82: .Xr disklabel 8 ,
        !            83: .Xr init 8
        !            84: .Sh BUGS
        !            85: .Nm installboot
        !            86: requires simultaneous access to the mounted file system and
        !            87: the raw device, but that is not allowed with the kernel
        !            88: .Nm securelevel
        !            89: variable set to a value greater than zero (the default), so
        !            90: .Nm installboot
        !            91: only works in single-user mode (or insecure mode - see
        !            92: .Xr init 8 ) .