mkboot(8)

mkboot8

Create lif files

Usage

mkboot [-v] [-l loadpoint] program ... outfile

Overview

Creates the LIF file containing the bootstrap program and possibly other programs to be used by the HP 9000/700 and HP 9000/800 systems.

An argument to the -l option specifies the load point for the boot program, with the default value of zero.

History

An mkboot utility first appeared in OpenBSD 2.4.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.