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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-11-11 22:20:02 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-11-11 22:20:02 +0000 |
commit | db5b45ba844aac723eece65f35e9da8d332ac7eb (patch) | |
tree | 6ea70bb0b6b4397bf2a59d1e33a2768c63838812 /sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8 | |
parent | fb32fc8a9d06e96ad5c62d55537fe2ffd3a1f101 (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.8 | 29 |
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 |