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efi_fsinit(1M)							efi_fsinit(1M)

NAME
       efi_fsinit - write an EFI file system header on a device file

SYNOPSIS
       devicefile]

DESCRIPTION
       writes an EFI file system header on a device file.

       The  EFI	 file  system  is based on the FAT file system and used by the
       Itanium-based system BIOS to locate an HP-UX bootloader.	 See efi(4).

       Before any other EFI commands can be run, must be run to initialize the
       file system on a device file.

   Options
       recognizes the following option:

       Write the file system header on device
		      devicefile.   Without  the  option, uses the device file
		      specified in the environment variable if it is  defined.
		      The option overrides the environment variable.

RETURN VALUE
       returns exit code 0 if the EFI file system is initialized successfully.
       Otherwise it prints a diagnostic message and returns nonzero.

	    0	  Successful completion.
	   >0	  Error condition occurred.

EXAMPLES
       Write an EFI file system header on device file

       Write an EFI file system header on  the	persistent  device  file  (see
       intro(7)):

AUTHOR
       was developed by HP.

SEE ALSO
       efi_cp(1M),   efi_ls(1M),   efi_mkdir(1M),  efi_rm(1M),	efi_rmdir(1M),
       efi(4), intro(7).

			 Itanium(R)-based Systems Only		efi_fsinit(1M)

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