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-MKBOOT
-!!!MKBOOT
+<verbatim>
NAME
-SYNOPSYS
-DESCRIPTION
-SEE ALSO
----
-!!NAME
+ mkboot
- makes a bootdisk
+SYNOPSIS
+ mkboot [-r rootpartition] [-i] [-d device] [kernel]
-mkboot -
makes a bootdisk
-!!SYNOPSYS
+DESCRIPTION
+
mkboot makes a bootdisk.
+ By default the bootdisk will use the kernel /vmlinuz and the current
+ root partition. Use the -r option to specify a different partition,
+ and provide the new kernel file directly to specify a different kernel.
+ Use the -d option to specify a different device for the floppy drive.
-__mkboot [[-r rootpartition] [[
-i] [[
kernel]__
-!!DESCRIPTION
+ If invoked with the
-i option, it tries to make a Debian GNU/Linux sys-
+ tem bootable after a new
kernel was installed by /sbin/installkernel.
+ If ELILO is installed, it runs /usr/sbin/elilo. If GRUB is installed,
+ it does nothing. If LILO is in use, it runs /sbin/lilo. If SILO is
+ installed, it does nothing. Otherwise, mkboot will make a new boot-
+ disk.
-
-__
mkboot__ makes a bootdisk
.
-
-
-By default the bootdisk
will use the kernel
-''/boot/vmlinuz'' and
the current
root partition. Use the
-__-r__ option
to specify a different parition, and
-provide the new kernel file directly to specify a different
-kernel
.
-
-
-If invoked with the __-i__ option, it tries to make a
-Debian Linux system bootable after a new kernel was
-installed by __
/sbin/installkernel__. If GRUB is
-installed, it does nothing. If LILO is in use, it runs
-__/sbin/lilo__. Otherwise, __mkboot__ will make a new
-bootdisk.
-!!
SEE ALSO
-
-
-
-----
+BUGS
+
mkboot only works on i386 and ia64
. mkboot only works on floppy
+ diskette drives. If rdev is not present, mkboot
will fail to determine
+
the correct
root partition. Patches
to correct these deficiencies are
+ welcome
.
+<
/verbatim>
+<pre>
+SEE ALSO
+ [
installkernel(8)]
, [
lilo(8)]
, [
grub(8)], [silo(8)]
+</pre>
