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.sh NAME
mkboot - convert a.out file to LSU bootstrap image
.sh SYNOPSIS
mkboot [ -block ] file device
.sh DESCRIPTION
Reads
.it file,
which must be an executable a.out file,
and copies it onto 
.it device
beginning at block number
.it block
(default 9600) as an operating system image
to be loaded by the LSU
(loader storage unit).
.it mkboot
also writes an Interdata OS/MT 'volume descriptor'
onto block 0 with a pointer to the bootstrap image.
.sh DIAGNOSTICS
.it mkboot
reads the superblock of
.it device
before copying, and gives an error message
if the target area would overlap the file system.
.sh AUTHOR
R Miller
.br
University of Wollongong