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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-11 22:20:02 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-11 22:20:02 +0000
commitdb5b45ba844aac723eece65f35e9da8d332ac7eb (patch)
tree6ea70bb0b6b4397bf2a59d1e33a2768c63838812 /sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
parentfb32fc8a9d06e96ad5c62d55537fe2ffd3a1f101 (diff)
more `` '' -> .Dq sillyness; remove redundant .Pp macros; other misc fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8')
-rw-r--r--sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.829
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
index 18323300d7f..b2919f7657f 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: boot_pmax.8,v 1.8 1998/09/24 07:08:38 pjanzen Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: boot_pmax.8,v 1.9 1998/11/11 22:19:59 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: boot_pmax.8,v 1.1 1995/04/25 23:55:11 mellon Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -53,20 +53,22 @@ it is necessary to read it in from disk or tape
each time it is to be bootstrapped.
.Pp
.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
-.Pp
Normally, the system will boot itself at power-up or after crashes.
An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed,
and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
.Pp
.Ss Cold starts
-.Pp
At power up, all DECstation ROMs consult the
.Nm haltaction
environment
variable in EEPROM to determine whether or not to attempt an automatic
boot. If this
-variable is set to ``h'', the ROM prints a prompt on the console and
-waits for user commands. If set to ``b'', the ROM attempts to autoboot.
+variable is set to
+.Dq h ,
+the ROM prints a prompt on the console and
+waits for user commands. If set to
+.Dq b ,
+the ROM attempts to autoboot.
.Pp
On the DECstation 2100 and 3100, the path used for automatic booting is
stored in the
@@ -75,9 +77,15 @@ environment variable. The path is made up of a
device type specifier (e.g., rz, tz, mop or tftp), followed by
a triplet in the form (x,y,z), followed by a filename to load.
.Pp
-Within the triplet, ``x'' is the controller (always 0), ``y'' is the SCSI ID of
+Within the triplet,
+.Dq x
+is the controller (always 0),
+.Dq y
+is the SCSI ID of
the drive to
-boot from or 0 for net boots, and ``z'' is the partition to boot from
+boot from or 0 for net boots, and
+.Dq z
+is the partition to boot from
(usually 0 for SCSI devices, always zero for network booting).
For network boots, () may be specified instead of (0,0,0).
.Pp
@@ -164,8 +172,11 @@ TurboChannel option by typing
followed by the slot number of that
option.
.Pp
-For SCSI devices, the option-specific device identifier is either ``rz#'' for
-disks or ``tz#'' for tapes, where # is the SCSI ID of the device. For network
+For SCSI devices, the option-specific device identifier is either
+.Dq rz#
+for disks or
+.Dq tz#
+for tapes, where # is the SCSI ID of the device. For network
devices, the option-specific protocol identifier is either mop or tftp.
Filename requirements are as for the DECstation 2100 and 3100.
.Pp