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- <refentry id="isomarkboot">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>isomarkboot</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo>isomarkboot</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>isomarkboot</refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Create bootable CD-ROMs for Linux/Alpha systems.
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>isomarkboot</command>
- <arg choice="plain">/dev/xxx</arg>
- <arg choice="plain">path/to/bootlx</arg>
- <arg choice="opt">path/to/root.bin</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
- <para>
- <application>isomarkboot</application> is Copyright (C) 1996 David Mosberger-Tang
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTIONS</title>
- <para>
- <indexterm><primary>isomarkboot</primary></indexterm>
- <application>isomarkboot</application>
- enables ISO images created with <application>mkisofs</application>(8) or
- retrieved from the net
- to be booted on Linux/Alpha systems.
- </para>
- <para>
- First you have to prepare your ISO image and mount it loopback on
- <filename>/dev/xxx</filename> (typically <filename>/dev/loop0</filename>)
- (see <application>mount</application>(8) for details).
- </para>
- <para>
- Next you need to locate the aboot-loader (called <filename>bootlx</filename>)
- and the RAM-disk image containing the root file system (the latter is optional
- but usually sensible to specify) which is often called
- <filename>root.bin</filename> within your ISO image.
- </para>
- <para>
- Finally enable the image to be booted:
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>
- isomarkboot <parameter>/dev/xxx path/to/bootlx path/to/root.bin</parameter>
- </command>
- </para>
- <para>
- A typical location of <filename>bootlx</filename> on the disk image is
- <filename>boot/bootlx</filename>. The paths of <filename>bootlx</filename>
- and <filename>root.bin</filename> are relative to the root of the image. If
- your image is not mounted you have to replace <filename>/dev/xxx</filename>
- with the path to the image.
- </para>
- <para>
- Finally you have to burn the CD using e.g.
- <application>xcdroast</application> after unmounting the image.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>BUGS</title>
- <para>
- <application>isomarkboot</application> is not heavily tested on
- architectures other than Linux/Alpha, though it compiles (with
- slight patches). Please report bugs if you experience them.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>NOTES</title>
- <para>
- <application>isomarkboot</application> is capable of handling symlinks
- within the image.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para>
- This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann <email>debian@helgefjell.de</email> for the Debian GNU/Linux project but may be used by others.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para><application>aboot</application>(8), <application>mkisofs</application>(8)
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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