Subject: misc/21053: installboot manual is outdated
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <aniou@root.pl>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/07/2003 02:39:23
>Number:         21053
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       installboot manual is outdated
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 07 02:40:01 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Piotr Meyer
>Release:        NetBSD-current (Apr  3 2003)
>Organization:
>Environment:
NetBSD czyzyk.smutek.pl 1.6Q NetBSD 1.6Q (CZYZYK) #15: Thu Apr  3 23:33:47 CEST 2003  root@czyzyk.smutek.pl:/sys/arch/i386/compile/CZYZYK i386
>Description:
installboot(8) manual is outdated, for example:

from manual:
SYNOPSIS
     /usr/mdec/installboot [-nvf] [-b bn] [-t timeout] [-p password] bootfile rawdiskdevice


from command line:
# installboot
Usage: installboot [-nv] [-m machine] [-o options] [-t fstype]
                   [-b s1start] [-B s2start] filesystem primary [secondary]
Usage: installboot -c [-nv] [-m machine] [-o options] [-t fstype] filesystem
installboot: Supported machines are:
        alpha, amiga, i386, macppc, news68k, newsmips, pmax, shark, sparc,sparc64, sun2, sun3, vax, x68k
installboot: Supported file system types are:
        ffs, raw


>How-To-Repeat:
read manual and try install bootblock :-p
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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