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author | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-09 03:57:36 +0000 |
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committer | Theo de Raadt <deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-09 03:57:36 +0000 |
commit | e08c5869a0ad5380cdc6dbda90de833f83f810ca (patch) | |
tree | 5ef56e899ad8f26eccb761e2d5184d926ce8aaa2 /share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot_amiga.8 | |
parent | 209c1ff9f132e0291ad4c6da042d53eb30bd16b1 (diff) |
incomplete work. moved them, repaired some, it is a giant mess
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot_amiga.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot_amiga.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..05690a20b5a --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot_amiga.8 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot_amiga.8,v 1.1 2000/11/09 03:57:33 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: boot_Amiga.8,v 1.1 1995/07/02 02:09:52 briggs Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer +.\" Science Department. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" From: +.\" @(#)boot_hp300.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd July 1, 1995 +.Dt BOOT_AMIGA 8 Amiga +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm boot +.Nd +system bootstrapping procedures +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Ss Power fail and crash recovery +Normally, the +.Ox +kernel on the Amiga architecture is booted from the native operating +system by means of an application program. +When the kernel takes over, +it initializes itself and proceeds to boot the system. +An automatic +consistency check of the file systems takes place, and unless this +fails, the system comes up to multi-user operations. +The proper way to shut the system down is with the +.Xr shutdown 8 +command. +.Pp +If the system crashes, it will enter the kernel debugger, +.Xr ddb 8 , +if it is configured in the kernel. +If the debugger is not present +or has exited, the system will attempt a dump to the +configured dump device (which will be automatically recovered with +.Xr savecore 8 +during the next boot cycle). +After the dump completes (successful +or not), the system will attempt a reboot. +.Pp +.Pp +.Ss The boot application +The boot application runs in the native OS on the system. +It has a +dialog where booting preferences may be changed and an option whereby +these options may be saved. +The preferences are stored in the program +itself, not in a preferences folder, thus allowing two separate copies +of the program to be configured differently (e.g., to boot different +bsd or bsd.test, or to boot from two different drives). +.Pp +One option that may be specified is a boot to single-user mode. +This stops the boot process very early on and allows system maintenance. +If one wishes to provide some security at this phase of the boot, remove +the +.Dq secure +option from ttye0 in the +.Xr ttys 5 +file. +.Pp +Another useful option that may be specified is the +.Dq serial console +option. +This will allow a serial device (terminal or computer) to +act as a console for the system. +This device must be configured to +use 9600 baud, eight bits, no parity, and one stop bit (9600-8N1). +Either the printer port or the modem port (tty01 and tty00, +respectively) may be used for this. +.Pp +It is sometimes useful to boot a kernel that resides in a folder +in native OS rather than from the usual location in the +.Ox +file system. +A radio button is supplied for this purpose. +Note that some programs will not run properly if the kernel is not found as +.Pa /bsd +within the +.Ox +file system. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /bsd -compact +.It Pa /bsd +system kernel +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ttys 5 , +.Xr ddb 8 , +.Xr savecore 8 , +.Xr shutdown 8 |