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- .\" e2writeboot - Write secondary SRM bootloader to ext2 filesystem.
- .TH e2writeboot 8 "17 January 1995" "David Mosberger-Tang" ""
- .SH NAME
- e2writeboot \- Write secondary SRM bootloader to ext2 filesystem.
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBe2writeboot\fP <ext2fs> <bootloader>
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- \fBe2writeboot\fP can be used to write a secondary bootstrap loader to
- an ext2 formatted filesystem (normally on a floppy disk). The loader
- is written in a way that allows the SRM firmware to boot from the
- filesystem (SRM is the firmware that is also used to boot
- \fBHP Tru64\fP, \fBOpenVMS\fP and *BSD). Specifically, the
- loader is written to occupy a physically
- contiguous range of sectors and the first sector is updated such that
- the SRM firmware can find the boot loader. The loader is always
- stored with filename \fBlinuxboot\fP and if such a file already
- exists, it will be overwritten unconditionally. This command may
- fail if the filesystem is highly fragmented. If so, re-format the
- filesystem with \fBmke2fs\fP(8) (this will destroy the existing contents
- of the filesystem, so use this with care).
- .P
- The \fI<ext2fs>\fP argument specifies the filesystem or special device
- to which the \fI<bootloader>\fP file should be written to. The boot
- loader file must be an ECOFF object file. A typical command to make a
- floppy disk bootable with the \fIaboot\fP(8) loader is shown below:
- .I "e2writeboot /dev/fd0 aboot"
- .nf
- .SH SEE ALSO
- .IR aboot (8) ,
- .IR mke2fs (8) ,
- .IR swriteboot (8)
- .nf
- .SH AUTHORS
- .nf
- Jim Paradis <paradis@amt.tay1.dec.com>
- Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@hp.com>
- David Mosberger-Tang <David.Mosberger@acm.org>
- .fi
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