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+.\" $NetBSD: mkbootimage.8,v 1.1 1999/04/05 03:20:45 cgd Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Christopher G. Demetriou.  All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+.\" are met:
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+.Dd April 3, 1999
+.Dt MKBOOTIMAGE 8 alpha
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm mkbootimage
+.Nd turn Alpha bootstrap programs into bootable images
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm /usr/mdec/mkbootimage
+.Op Fl nv
+.Ar infile
+.Op Ar outfile
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+utility creates bootable image files from
+.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
+bootstrap programs.  Bootable image
+files can be placed directly on disk or tape to create bootable
+media which can be booted by the SRM console.  This is
+primarily useful for creating bootable tapes or disk sets with the
+.Pa /usr/mdec/ustarboot
+bootstrap program, or for creating firmware upgrade media
+using firmware upgrade programs.
+.Pp
+The bootstrap program
+.Ar infile
+is padded to a 512-byte boundary, has a properly formed
+Alpha Boot Block prepended, and is written to the output file
+.Ar outfile .
+If no output file is specified, the result is written to
+standard output.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility does not install bootstrap programs to make
+disks bootable.  To do that, use
+.Xr installboot 8 .
+Similarly, it is not necessary to use
+.Nm
+to create images to boot over the network; network-capable
+bootstrap programs are usable without modification.
+.Pp
+The options recognized by
+.Nm
+are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width flag
+.It Fl n
+Do not actually write the result to the output file or
+standard output.
+.It Fl v
+Print information about what
+.Nm
+is doing.
+.El
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/ustarboot -compact
+.It Pa /usr/mdec/ustarboot
+.Dq ustar
+file system bootstrap program
+.El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+mkbootimage as200_v5_8.exe as200_v5_8.exe.bootimage
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Create a bootable image from the (firmware image) file
+.Pa as200_v5_8.exe .
+That bootable image could then be written to floppy,
+disk, CD-ROM, or tape to create bootable firmware
+update media.
+.Pp
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+(mkbootimage /usr/mdec/ustarboot; tar cvf - netbsd) | \\
+    dd of=/dev/rst0
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Make a bootable image from the bootstrap program
+.Pa /usr/mdec/ustarboot ,
+concatenate it with a tar file containing a kernel,
+and write the output to a tape.  This is an example of
+how to create a tape which boots a kernel.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr installboot 8
+.Rs
+.\" XXX Alpha Architecture Reference Manual reference
+.%T "Alpha Architecture Reference Manual"
+.Re
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
+.Nm
+command first appeared in
+.Nx 1.4 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written by Chris Demetriou.