newboot(8)                          CLIX                          newboot(8)



  NAME

    newboot - Loads lboot and mboot onto the disk boot partition

  SYNOPSIS

    /etc/newboot [-y] lboot mboot boot_special

    /etc/newboot [-y] olboot mboot boot_special

  DESCRIPTION

    The newboot command places the lboot and mboot files on the given
    boot_special section of a hard disk.  In the case of a floppy diskette,
    newboot places olboot and mboot files on the boot_special section of the
    diskette (c1d0s7).  If the -y flag is not specified, you are prompted for
    a confirmation before the boot_special file is overwritten.

    The mboot command is the 512-byte micro-boot file loaded by the boot
    device firmware and executed to load the larger lboot file.

    The lboot argument is a file containing the boot program that is loaded by
    mboot and executed to boot the absolute operating system (the /unix).

    The olboot argument is a file containing the boot program on a floppy
    diskette that is loaded by mboot and executed to boot the absolute
    operating system.

  CAUTIONS

    Installing a bad lboot or mboot may make the affected disk unbootable.  Be
    sure you have a good backup copy of the disk before newboot is run.

  DIAGNOSTICS

    Can't open file
           The boot file file was not found.

  RELATED INFORMATION

    Commands:  dd(8), mkboot(1)













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