mkboottape(1M)							mkboottape(1M)

NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkboottape	- make a boot tape filesystem

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     /etc/mkboottape [-f output_file] [-l | -x [file ...] | file ...]

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     mkboottape	is used	to build, list,	or extract "boot tape filesystems".
     Booting from tape is no longer supported.	However, the tape filesystem
     format is still used in the sa file used in booting from CDROM.

     A tape filesystem consists	of a special directory that contains the list
     of	filenames, sizes, and offsets, and from	one to 20 files.  Filenames
     can be up to 16 characters	in length.

     The following options are understood:

     -l			List the contents of the boot tape.  In	this case the
			file arguments are ignored.

     -f	[output_file]	Specify	an alternate output file or device.  The
			default	is /dev/tape.

     -x	[file ...]	Extract	files from the boot tape.  If no filenames are
			given, all files are extracted.	 Extracted files have
			their original size (they are not null padded to a
			block multiple).

     The typical use for this program is to create an output file that is used
     in	booting	from CDROM, or to extract files	from that "filesystem".	 The
     PROM monitor understands the boot tape format.

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

     Unless you	have means to create a standalone program, this	utility	is
     useful only listing or extracting the files, or creating new boot images
     from previously extracted files.  In some cases it	can be used to extract
     the standalone programs into a directory, because most standalone
     programs can be booted from the filesystem	using sash or over a network.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     distcp(1M), inst(1M).


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