NEWDISK(8)            NetBSD/x68k System Manager's Manual           NEWDISK(8)

NAME
     newdisk -- Prepare a new disk to be usable for X680x0

SYNOPSIS
     newdisk [-vnfcp] [-m mboot] raw_device

DESCRIPTION
     newdisk prepares a new hard disk to be bootable from by X680x0.  It
     should NOT be used for floppy disks.

     It creates a disk mark for IOCS to determine the disk geometry, writes
     the primary boot program (mboot), and creates empty partition table.  The
     option are as follows:

     -v    Verbose mode.

     -n    Dryrun mode.  Nothing is written to the disk.

     -f    Force.  Usually, when newdisk detects existing disk mark, it aborts
           with some error messages.  -f option prevents this behaviour.

     -c    Check only.  newdisk looks at the disk whether it is already
           marked.

     -p    Do not create the partition table.

     -m mboot
           Specifies the mboot program to be written.

FILES
     /usr/mdec/mboot  The default primary boot program.

SEE ALSO
     boot(8), installboot(8)

HISTORY
     The newdisk utility first appeared in NetBSD 1.5.

AUTHORS
     newdisk was written by MINOURA Makoto <minoura@NetBSD.org>.

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE              December 24, 1999             NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
