INSTALLBOOT(8) | System Manager's Manual | INSTALLBOOT(8) |
installboot
—
install bootstrap on a disk
installboot |
[-nv ] [-r
root] disk
[stage1 [stage2]] |
installboot
installs bootstrap on the
specified disk. The exact process used depends on the system architecture,
however there is generally a primary bootstrap (often known as a boot block)
and a secondary bootstrap (often known as a boot loader). Some architectures
only require a single stage bootstrap, which is written to the beginning of
the disk.
The options are as follows:
-n
-r
root-v
In its most basic form, to install bootstrap on disk sd0, using the default primary and secondary bootstrap files:
# installboot sd0
To install bootstrap on an OpenBSD amd64 machine, using /usr/mdec/biosboot as the primary bootstrap and /usr/mdec/boot as the secondary bootstrap:
# installboot -v wd0 /usr/mdec/biosboot /usr/mdec/boot
January 18, 2014 | OpenBSD-current |