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.TH "TIP22" "8" "09 May 2002" "" ""
.SH NAME
tip22 \- create "piggyback" style boot images for SGI/MIPS IP22 machines
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fB/usr/sbin/tip22\fR <vmlinux> <initrd> <outfile>

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBtip22\fR is used on SGI/MIPS IP22 machines to embed kernel and initial
ramdisk into one ECOFF image which can then be booted by the ARCS PROM. This is 
usually used to create tftp boot images.
.SH "USAGE"
.PP
<vmlinux> is the ELF kernel you want to embed into the bootimage
.P
<initrd> is the (optionally gzip compressed) initial ramdisk
.P
<outfile> is the resulting tftpboot image

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
arcboot(8).
.SH "AUTHORS"
Tip22 was written by Guido Günther <agx@sigxcpu.org> and borrows heavily
from arcboot written by Ralf Bächle <ralf@gnu.org> and Guido Günther.