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- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>srmbootfat</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo>srmbootfat</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>srmbootfat</refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Linux/Alpha SRM boot block composer
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>srmbootfat</command>
- <arg choice="plain">filesystem_image</arg>
- <arg choice="plain">boot_file</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <!-- <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
- <para>
- </para>
- </refsect1> -->
- <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTIONS</title>
- <para>
- <indexterm><primary>srmbootfat</primary></indexterm>
- This tool is a quick hack and is not supposed to exist in its present
- state for long.
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>Srmbootfat</application> finds <filename>boot_file</filename>
- in the root directory of the <acronym>FAT</acronym> file system stored in file
- <filename>filesystem_image</filename>
- and makes it bootable by writing the appropriate SRM boot block into the
- file system image file. This will work only on unpartitioned disks (such as
- floppies), because otherwise the boot block would need to be written into the
- partition table, which is outside the file system. However, a hard drive
- containing a FAT file system would most probably be partitioned using the PC
- partition table, which SRM cannot boot from anyway.
- </para>
- <para>
- The bootloader (<filename>boot_file</filename>)
- must be contiguous, i.e. occupy consecutive blocks.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>ARGUMENTS</title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term><filename>filesystem_image</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>
- The name of the file containing a FAT file system image, e.g.
- <filename>/dev/fd0</filename>.
- </para></listitem></varlistentry>
- <varlistentry><term><filename>boot_file</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>
- The file name of the bootloader.
- </para></listitem></varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
- <!-- <refsect1><title>BUGS</title>
- <para>
- </para>
- </refsect1> -->
- <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para>
- Nikita Schmidt <email>cetus@snowball.ucd.ie</email>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para>
- <application>aboot</application>(8), <application>mke2fs</application>(8), <application>e2writeboot</application>(8)
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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