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- NNAAMMEE
- makeboot - Strips a.out header off of bootstrap program
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- SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
- mmaakkeebboooott [_o_p_t_i_o_n_s] _b_o_o_t_F_i_l_e [_t_a_r_g_e_t_B_o_o_t_F_i_l_e]
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- OOPPTTIIOONNSS
- --hh _h_o_s_t_n_a_m_e Creates a boot file under the internet host
- address of the named host.
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- --hheellpp Print a summary of the command-line options
- and exit.
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- DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
- MMaakkeebboooott copies a boot program and removes the a.out header
- as it does so. The boot program is loaded by the PROM into
- memory and execution begins at word 0, so the a.out header
- must be removed. This program also knows where the boot
- program ought to be installed, so without the _t_a_r_g_e_t_B_o_o_t_F_i_l_e
- argument it will do the right thing. Typically mmaakkeebboooott is
- used to install network boot programs. These are loaded by
- the PROM using TFTP, which looks in the standard boot direc-
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- SSEEEE AALLSSOO
- installboot, which copies a disk boot program onto the disk
- header and strips the a.out header as it does so.
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- FFIILLEESS
- /sprite/boot - Directory containing per-machine TFTP boot
- files. These are typically symbolic links to machine-
- dependent boot programs.
- /sprite/boot.$MACHINE - Home for the machine dependent
- boot programs.
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- KKEEYYWWOORRDDSS
- boot, a.out
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