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     MKFSCONF(8)                                           MKFSCONF(8)

     NAME
          mkfsconf, mknvrsafe, mkfsboot - build file server boot media

     SYNOPSIS
          disk/mkfsconfig < cfg > cfgpart
          disk/mknvrsafe [ -c config ]
          disk/mkfsboot [ -m mbr ][ -p pbs ][ -l loader ] /dev/sdnn

     DESCRIPTION
          These programs assist in setting up boot media for the file
          server.  Media prepared with these programs will be ready to
          use once authentication information is entered at boot time.

          Mknvrsafe prepares an nvram file which points to the file
          server's config device.  See fs(8) for device specifica-
          tions.

          The file server configuration block itself may be written
          with mkfsconf. Care must be taken when placing this block on
          disk, since the file server's block size is typically not a
          divisor of the media block size.

          Mkfsboot builds a bootable 386 image from configuration in
          the current directory on the image /dev/sdnn.  The file
          fsconfig is the file server configuration and the directory
          9fat contains at least the files loader, 9conffs, plan9.ini,
          fs.nvr.  The default MBR, PBS and boot loader are /386/mbr,
          /386/pbs, /386/9load, respectively.

     EXAMPLE
          To prepare an nvram file given the file server configuration
          file fsconfig,

               # format properly without password
               disk/mknvrsafe -c `{sed -n 's:^config (.*):\1:p' < fsconfig} |
                    dd -conv sync -of 9fat/fs.nvr

          And to write the configuration block to the partition fscon-
          fig,

               # need to add Tconfig tag
               grep -v '^config' fsconfig | disk/mkfsconfig |
                    dd -of $d/fsconfig -oseek $offset

     SOURCE
          /sys/src/cmd/disk/mkfsconf.c
          /sys/src/cmd/disk/mknvrsafe.c
          /sys/src/cmd/disk/mkfsboot

     SEE ALSO

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     MKFSCONF(8)                                           MKFSCONF(8)

          authsrv(2), fs(8), fsconfig(8)

     BUGS
          Mkfsconf should not assume a 8192 byte block or require out-
          side help to align partitions properly.  Only works for 386
          machines.

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