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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-18 22:56:07 +0000 |
commit | 16b21db4d33ff08e914df52000c560f64ef0e39d (patch) | |
tree | a11f2d1036bb85a2c46891708f459ae9eedcd2af /sbin/reboot/boot_pmax.8 | |
parent | 404d4678be49dbab2ac44d8d6ae087f87036f9d6 (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.8 | 50 |
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 |