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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-09-17 04:15:04 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1998-09-17 04:15:04 +0000 |
commit | afa9f8ccda18c5ff879f432ae6f0b9a601b992b3 (patch) | |
tree | 8356bdc65590449d1a86d64a309c95681f802ad2 /sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8 | |
parent | 90e9edeb57b7efe3b1aba0ddeda30341b7e9fd0c (diff) |
sbin/ man page fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8 | 40 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8 index f7e91dc89a9..beca7f8d00d 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_vax.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: boot_vax.8,v 1.4 1998/07/11 22:46:14 angelos Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot_vax.8,v 1.5 1998/09/17 04:15:01 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: boot_vax.8,v 1.3 1995/04/23 10:33:39 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -35,25 +35,27 @@ .\" @(#)boot_vax.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" .Dd April 19, 1994 -.Dt boot_vax 8 vax +.Dt BOOT_VAX 8 vax .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot .Nd system bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Sy Power fail and crash recovery. +.Ss Power fail and crash recovery +.Pp Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. -Provided the auto-restart is enabled on the machine front panel, +Provided the auto-restart is enabled on the machine's front panel, an automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations. .Pp -.Sy Cold starts. +.Ss Cold starts +.Pp These are processor-type dependent. On an 11/780, there are two floppy files for each disk controller, both of which cause boots from unit 0 of the root file system of a controller located on mba0 or uba0. -One gives a single user shell, while the other invokes the multi-user +One gives a single-user shell, while the other invokes the multi-user automatic reboot. Thus these files are .Tn HPS @@ -124,9 +126,9 @@ The current encoding has a historical basis, and is shown in the following table: .Pp .Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact -bits usage -0-7 boot device type (the device major number) -8-15 disk partition +bits usage +0-7 boot device type (the device major number) +8-15 disk partition 16-19 drive unit 20-23 controller number 24-27 adaptor number (UNIBUS or MASSBUS as appropriate) @@ -147,14 +149,14 @@ may specify .Li \&>>>B/ Ns Fl n No DMA0 .Ed .Pp -where, giving a +where, giving an .Ar n of 1 causes the boot program to ask for the name of the system to be bootstrapped, -giving a +giving an .Ar n -of 2 causes the boot program to come up single -user, and a +of 2 causes the boot program to come up single-user, +and an .Ar n of 3 causes both of these actions to occur. The ``DM'' specifies RK07, the ``A'' represents the adaptor number @@ -181,8 +183,10 @@ to autoboot or to halt. When halted, the processor may be booted using the same syntax as on the 11/750. .Pp -The 11/750 boot procedure uses the boot roms to load block 0 off of -the specified device. The /usr/mdec directory contains a number +The 11/750 boot procedure uses the boot ROMs to load block 0 off of +the specified device. The +.Pa /usr/mdec +directory contains a number of bootstrap programs for the various disks which should be placed in a new pack by .Xr disklabel 8 . @@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ disk such as the RD53. .Pp On any processor, the -.Em boot +.Nm boot program finds the corresponding file on the given device .Pf ( Pa bsd @@ -261,7 +265,7 @@ of unit 0 of a .Tn MASSBUS disk, type .Ql hp(0,0)bsd -to the boot prompt; +at the boot prompt; .Ql hp(2,0,1,0)bsd would specify drive 1 on .Tn MASSBUS @@ -292,7 +296,7 @@ at .Pp On an 11/750 with patchable control store, microcode patches will be installed by -.Em boot +.Nm boot if the file .Pa psc750.bin exists in the root of the filesystem from which the system is booted. |