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+.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec
+.\" from a DocBook document.  docbook2man-spec can be found at:
+.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> 
+.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, 
+.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
+.TH "ISOMARKBOOT" "8" "17 Januar 2003" "isomarkboot" ""
+.SH NAME
+isomarkboot \- Create bootable CD-ROMs for Linux/Alpha systems.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.sp
+\fBisomarkboot\fR \fB/dev/xxx\fR \fBpath/to/bootlx\fR [ \fBpath/to/root.bin\fR ] 
+.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.PP
+\fBisomarkboot\fR is Copyright (C) 1996 David Mosberger-Tang
+.SH "DESCRIPTIONS"
+.PP
+
+\fBisomarkboot\fR
+enables ISO images created with \fBmkisofs\fR(8) or
+retrieved from the net
+to be booted on Linux/Alpha systems.
+.PP
+First you have to prepare your ISO image and mount it loopback on
+\fI/dev/xxx\fR (typically \fI/dev/loop0\fR)
+(see \fBmount\fR(8) for details). 
+.PP
+Next you need to locate the aboot-loader (called \fIbootlx\fR)
+and the ram disk image containing the root file system (the latter is optional
+but usually sensible to specify) which is often called 
+\fIroot.bin\fR within your ISO image.
+.PP
+Finally enable the image to be booted:
+.PP
+\fBisomarkboot \fI/dev/xxx path/to/bootlx path/to/root.bin\fB\fR
+.PP
+A typical location of \fIbootlx\fR on the disk image is
+\fIboot/bootlx\fR. The path of \fIbootlx\fR
+and \fIroot.bin\fR are relative to the root of the image. If
+your image is not mounted you have to replace \fI/dev/xxx\fR
+with the path to the image.
+.PP
+Finally you have to burn the CD using e.g.
+\fBxcdroast\fR after unmounting the image.
+.SH "BUGS"
+.PP
+\fBisomarkboot\fR is currently only available on 
+Linux/Alpha systems though it can be compiled and used with minor
+modifications on other platforms as well.
+.SH "NOTES"
+.PP
+\fBisomarkboot\fR is capable of handling symlinks
+within the image.
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux project but may be used by others.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBaboot\fR(8), \fBmkisofs\fR(8)