HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1M System Administration Commands A-M (vol 3)

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mkboot(1M) mkboot(1M)
WARNINGS
If device has a Whole Disk layout, a file system must reside on the device being modified.
When executing from a recovery system, the mkboot
command (if used) must be invoked with the -f
option; otherwise it will not be able to replace the boot area on your disk.
If device is, or is intended to become an LVM physical volume, device must specify the whole disk.
If device is, or is intended to become a Hard Partitioned disk, device must specify section 6.
DEPENDENCIES
mkboot and rmboot fail if file system type on device is not HFS.
LVM and Hard Partition Layouts
The
-f, -h, and -u
options are not supported.
AUTHOR
mkboot and rmboot were developed by HP.
FILES
/usr/lib/uxbootlf
file containing default boot programs
ISL initial system loader
HPUX HP-UX bootstrap and installation utility
AUTO defines default/automatic boot behavior (see hpux(1M))
LABEL used by LVM
RDB diagnostics tool
IOMAP diagnostics tool
SEE ALSO
boot(1M), hpux(1M), isl(1M), lif(4), lvlnboot(1M), mkfs(1M), newfs(1M).
HP-UX 11i Version 1: September 2005 − 3 − Hewlett-Packard Company Section 1M−−481