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1 <refentry id="cobbler">
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2 <refnamediv>
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3 <refname>COBBLER</refname>
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4 <refpurpose>Make a bootstrap file</refpurpose>
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5 </refnamediv>
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7 <refsynopsisdiv>
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8 <cmdsynopsis>
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9 <command>COBBLER</command>
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10 <arg choice="plain">
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11 <replaceable>device name</replaceable>
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12 </arg>
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13 </cmdsynopsis>
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14 </refsynopsisdiv>
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16 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
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17 <para>
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18 COBBLER is used to create the &quot;OS9Boot&quot; file required on any disk
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19 from which OS-9 is to be bootstrapped. The boot file will consist
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20 of the <emphasis>same modules which were loaded into memory during the most
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21 recent boostrap.</emphasis>
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22 To add modules to the bootstrap file use the
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23 &quot;OS9Gen&quot; command. COBBLER also writes the OS-9 kernel on the first
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24 fifteen sectors of track 34, and excludes these sectors from the
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25 disk allocation map. If any files are present on these sectors
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26 COBBLER will display an error message.
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27 </para>
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28 <para>
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29 NOTE: The boot file must fit into one contiguous block on the mass-storage
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30 device. For this reason COBBLER is normally used on a
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31 freshly formatted disk. If COBBLER is used on a disk and there is
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32 not a contiguous block of storage large enough to hold the boot
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33 file, the old boot file may have been destroyed and OS-9 will not be
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34 able to boot from that disk until it is reformatted.
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35 </para>
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36 <para>
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37 For more information see: 1.1.2, 6.1
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38 </para>
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39 </refsect1>
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40 <refsect1><title>Examples</title>
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41 <screen>
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42 OS9: cobbler /D1
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43 </screen>
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44 </refsect1>
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45 </refentry>
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