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diff --git a/package/aboot/src/srmbootfat/srmbootfat.sgml b/package/aboot/src/srmbootfat/srmbootfat.sgml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..33d5f4d8f --- /dev/null +++ b/package/aboot/src/srmbootfat/srmbootfat.sgml @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +<!DOCTYPE RefEntry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN"> +<refentry id="srmbootfat"> + +<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> |