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+.\" Copyright (c) KATO Takenori, 2000.
+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 10, 2000
+.Dt BOOT98CFG 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm boot98cfg
+.Nd HDD boot manager installation utility
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl B
+.Op Fl i Ar boot0
+.Op Fl m Ar boot0.5
+.Op Fl s Ar secsize
+.Op Fl v Ar version
+.Op Fl f Ar boot0.bak
+.Op Fl F Ar boot0.5.bak
+.Ar disk
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+On NEC PC-98s,
+.Sq boot loader
+consists of the
+.Sq IPL
+and
+.Sq HDD boot menu .
+The IPL occupies sector 0 of a disk and is followed by the partition
+table.
+The IPL loads the HDD boot menu that starts from 0x400.
+.Pp
+The
+.Nm
+utility installs and makes backup copy of the IPL and the HDD boot menu; and
+allows changing the version number field in the sector 0.
+.Pp
+Note that the format command in NEC's OSs replaces the HDD boot menu
+with its own HDD boot menu when the version number field is smaller
+than that in the format command.
+.Pp
+The options are:
+.Bl -tag -width indent
+.It Fl B
+Install the IPL and HDD boot menu.
+This option causes the IPL and HDD
+boot menu code to be replaced.
+.It Fl i Ar boot0
+Specify which IPL image to use.
+The default is /boot/boot0.
+.It Fl m Ar boot0.5
+Specify which HDD boot menu image to use.
+The default is
+/boot/boot0.5.
+.It Fl f Ar boot0.bak
+Specify that a backup copy of the preexisting IPL should be written to
+.Ar boot0.bak .
+This file is created if it does not exist, and truncated if it does.
+.It Fl F Ar boot0.5.bak
+Specify that a backup copy of the preexisting HDD boot menu should be
+written to
+.Ar boot0.5.bak .
+This file is created if it does not exist, and truncated if it does.
+.It Fl v Ar version
+Specify the version number.
+.It Fl s Ar secsize
+Specify the sector size.
+The default sector size is 512
+(bytes/sector).
+.El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr boot 8 ,
+.Xr fdisk 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+.An NOKUBI Hirotaka ,
+.An KATO Takenori
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