+.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.2 1997/04/07 05:23:33 millert Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.1 1996/11/06 23:07:55 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved.
.Nm installboot
utility prepares an FFS partition for bootstrapping.
.Pp
-The NetBSD/alpha disk bootstrap software is split into two parts:
+The OpenBSD/alpha disk bootstrap software is split into two parts:
a small first-stage boot program that is written into the disklabel
area of a disk
.Po
installboot /boot /usr/mdec/bootxx /dev/rsd0a
.Ed
.Sh BUGS
-NetBSD/alpha systems are only capable of booting off of disks'
+OpenBSD/alpha systems are only capable of booting off of disks'
.Dq a
partitions, and bootable partitions must start at the beginning
of the disk.
only works when the system is in
an insecure mode (e.g. single-user mode; see
.Xr init 8 ).
+Alternately, one can use the ``c'' partition of
+the target device which avoids this problem since
+the ``c'' partition spans the entire disk and
+should not be mounted.
.Sh "SEE ALSO"
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr init 8 ,
.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
-The NetBSD/alpha
+The alpha
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Nx 1.2 .