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.TH MKBOOT 8 "6 June 1996" "Debian Linux"
.SH NAME
mkboot \- makes a bootdisk
.SH SYNOPSYS
.B "mkboot [kernel]"
.PP
.B "mkboot -installkernel"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
.B mkboot
makes a bootdisk.
.P
If invoked as
.BR "mkboot -installkernel" ", it"
tries to make a Debian Linux system bootable after a new kernel
is installed.  If LILO is in use, it runs
.BR "/sbin/lilo" "."
Otherwise, 
.B mkboot
will make a new bootdisk.
.P
You can specify a kernel for the boot disk on the command line.  This
defaults to
.IR /boot/vmlinuz .
.SH "SEE ALSO"
installkernel(8), lilo(8)