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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-17 04:15:04 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-09-17 04:15:04 +0000
commitafa9f8ccda18c5ff879f432ae6f0b9a601b992b3 (patch)
tree8356bdc65590449d1a86d64a309c95681f802ad2 /sbin/reboot/boot_atari.8
parent90e9edeb57b7efe3b1aba0ddeda30341b7e9fd0c (diff)
sbin/ man page fixes
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+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_atari.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: boot_atari.8,v 1.3 1998/09/01 16:38:19 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: boot_atari.8,v 1.4 1998/09/17 04:15:00 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: boot_atari.8,v 1.1 1996/06/27 11:07:56 leo Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@
.\" @(#)boot_hp300.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
.Dd June 21, 1996
-.Dt boot_atari 8
+.Dt BOOT_ATARI 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm boot
.Nd
system bootstrapping procedures
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Sy Power fail and crash recovery
+.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
.Pp
When the
.Tn OpenBSD
@@ -60,39 +60,38 @@ to shut the system down is with the
command.
.Pp
If the system crashes, it will enter the kernel debugger,
-.Xr ddb 8
-,if it is configured in the kernel. If the debugger is not present,
-or the debugger is exited, the system will attempt a dump to the
+.Xr ddb 8 ,
+if it is configured in the kernel. If the debugger is not present
+or has exited, the system will attempt a dump to the
configured dump device (which will be automatically recovered with
.Xr savecore 8
-during the next boot cycle). After the dump is complete (successful
+during the next boot cycle). After the dump completes (successful
or not), the system will attempt a reboot.
.Pp
-.Sy Booting OpenBSD using the bootloader
+.Ss Booting OpenBSD using the bootloader
.Pp
When a bootable
.Tn OpenBSD
partition is created by means of
-.Xr installboot 8
-, the Atari BIOS will automatically start the OpenBSD bootloader. By default
+.Xr installboot 8 ,
+the Atari BIOS will automatically start the OpenBSD bootloader. By default,
it will load the kernel image
.Pa /bsd
-and attempts to boot it into multi-user mode. This behaviour can be changed by
+and attempt to boot it into multi-user mode. This behaviour can be changed by
either keeping the
-.Pa Alternate
-or the
-.Pa Right-Shift
-key pressed during the boot. When
+.Sq Alternate
+or
+.Sq Right-Shift
+key pressed during the boot process. When
the
-.Pa Alternate
+.Sq Alternate
key is pressed, the bootstrap is aborted, causing the BIOS
to continue scanning the disks for a bootable partition (this is compatible
with AHDI 3.0). Pressing the
-.Pa Right-Shift
-key during the boot, causes the boot loader to enter the interactive mode.
+.Sq Right-Shift
+key during the boot causes the bootloader to enter interactive mode.
In interactive mode, the command line looks like:
.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-.Pp
.Op Ar OS-type
.Op Ar boot-path
.Op Ar boot-options
@@ -112,28 +111,29 @@ indicated will be used.
If something other than
.Pa .OpenBSD
is specified, control is returned to the BIOS with the boot preference set to
-the selected type. Due to limitations of the BIOS however, the search for
+the selected type. Due to limitations of the BIOS, however, the search for
bootblocks is continued rather than restarted.
-.It boot-path
+.It Em boot-path
This gives you the opportunity to boot another kernel, say:
-.Pa /bsd.old.
+.Pa /bsd.old .
The default is
-.Pa /bsd
-.It boot-options
+.Pa /bsd .
+.It Em boot-options
These options are a subset of the
.Xr loadbsd
options.
+.Pp
.Bl -tag -width flag -compact
.It Fl a
-Boot into multi-user mode (the default)
+Boot into multi-user mode (the default).
.It Fl b
-Ask for a root device
+Ask for a root device.
.It Fl d
-Enter the kernel debugger
+Enter the kernel debugger.
.El
.El
.Pp
-.Sy Booting using the loadbsd program
+.Ss Booting using the loadbsd program
.Pp
When you want (or have to) start OpenBSD from GEM, you have to use the
.Xr loadbsd
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Print a help screen that tries to explain the same options as mentioned
here.
.It Fl o Ar outputfile
Write all output to the file
-.Ar outputfile.
+.Ar outputfile .
.It Fl s
Tell OpenBSD only to use ST compatible RAM.
.It Fl t
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ This is a GEMDOS path specification of the kernel to boot.
.Pp
Note: Because the loadbsd program can only read kernels from a GEMDOS
filesystem, the file
-.Ar /bsd
+.Pa /bsd
is usually not the same as the actual kernel booted. This can cause some
programs to fail.
.Sh FILES