Subject: Re: how to install boot blocks (manages are very wrong)
To: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
From: David O'Brien <obrien@NUXI.com>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 11/23/2001 17:57:56
On Sat, Nov 24, 2001 at 12:51:45PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
> the answer you probably want is:
>
> mount /dev/sd1a /mnt
> /usr/mdec/binstall ffs /mnt
>
> this works the same on all sparc machines and hides the ugliness of
> the different bootstrap processes...
thanks!
> but i note that there still isn't a binstall(8) man page..
Yes, I noticed that. 'binstall -h' just wasn't enough for me to guess
the right invocation because there is no usage() statement, only an
options explination. Maybe this could be added to binstall?
usage: binstall [<list of options>] <fs_type> <mount_pt>
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-- David (obrien@NUXI.com)