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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000
commit16b21db4d33ff08e914df52000c560f64ef0e39d (patch)
treea11f2d1036bb85a2c46891708f459ae9eedcd2af /sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
parent404d4678be49dbab2ac44d8d6ae087f87036f9d6 (diff)
Remove hard sentence breaks, and some other cleanup along the way.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8')
-rw-r--r--sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.850
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
index 1a108e082a9..a04839ef053 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: boot_pmax.8,v 1.14 1999/07/08 19:58:30 deraadt Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: boot_pmax.8,v 1.15 2000/03/18 22:56:03 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.
@@ -63,18 +63,20 @@ 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
+boot.
+If this variable is set to
.Dq h ,
the ROM prints a prompt on the console and
-waits for user commands. If set to
+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
.Nm bootpath
-environment variable. The path is made up of a
+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
@@ -92,9 +94,11 @@ For network boots, () may be specified instead of (0,0,0).
.Pp
The filename is optional for bootp/tftp and mop booting, since in
these cases the network protocol can be used to determine which
-file to boot. When booting off the tape, no filename should be
+file to boot.
+When booting off the tape, no filename should be
specified, and when booting off disk, the filename of a kernel
-must be specified. Generally, the kernel is named
+must be specified.
+Generally, the kernel is named
.Pa bsd .
.Pp
An example
@@ -108,14 +112,15 @@ For automatic boots, the ROM automatically passes a
argument to the bootloader,
requesting that
.Ox
-attempt to come up to multi-user mode. At the boot ROM prompt,
-the user may boot
+attempt to come up to multi-user mode.
+At the boot ROM prompt, the user may boot
.Ox
with either the
.Nm auto
or the
.Nm boot
-command. If the
+command.
+If the
.Nm auto
command is used, the
.Fl a
@@ -132,8 +137,8 @@ or the
.Nm auto
command is issued with no arguments, the kernel specified in the
.Nm bootpath
-environment variable is booted. An alternate kernel may be specified
-with the
+environment variable is booted.
+An alternate kernel may be specified with the
.Fl f
flag, followed by the path of the kernel to boot, as described above.
For example:
@@ -144,23 +149,27 @@ On TurboChannel machines (all DECstation 5000 models), the bootpath
is specified in the
.Nm boot
environment variable, along with any arguments
-to be passed to the kernel. Note that to specify boot arguments (e.g.,
+to be passed to the kernel.
+Note that to specify boot arguments (e.g.,
.Fl a )
when setting the
.Nm boot
environment variable, the filename and arguments
-must be enclosed in quotes. For example:
+must be enclosed in quotes.
+For example:
.Pp
.Dl setenv boot "3/rz4/bsd -a"
.Pp
The device from which to boot is specified as the TurboChannel slot
number, a TurboChannel-option-specific device name, and a path to the
-file to load, all separated by slashes. You can get a list of the
+file to load, all separated by slashes.
+You can get a list of the
devices installed in your TurboChannel slots (as well as any built-in
devices which appear as TurboChannel slots) by typing the
.Nm cnfg
command
-at the boot prompt. You can get more detailed information about a specific
+at the boot prompt.
+You can get more detailed information about a specific
TurboChannel option by typing
.Nm cnfg
followed by the slot number of that
@@ -170,7 +179,8 @@ 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
+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
@@ -178,7 +188,8 @@ To start
.Ox
from the boot prompt, the
.Nm boot
-command must be used. With no arguments, this simply boots the default
+command must be used.
+With no arguments, this simply boots the default
kernel with the default arguments as set with
.Nm setenv
.Nm boot .
@@ -186,7 +197,8 @@ If no
.Nm boot
environment variable is set, or if an alternate kernel is to be
booted, the path of that kernel may be specified after the boot command as
-described above, and any arguments may be passed similarly. For example:
+described above, and any arguments may be passed similarly.
+For example:
.Pp
.Dl boot 3/rz4/bsd.new -a
.Sh SEE ALSO