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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-06-06 21:45:34 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-06-06 21:45:34 +0000 |
commit | ca740922f63b8d6806ffacd67092fc0f20e90976 (patch) | |
tree | 47f39873e7297459fb8d104e821124d4987444cb /sys/arch/i386/stand | |
parent | 1495bdf5566887051e059ad3e47e9f889440b83c (diff) |
- section reorder
- new sentence, new line
- some macro fixes
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/arch/i386/stand')
-rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot/biosboot.8 | 32 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 | 19 |
3 files changed, 40 insertions, 35 deletions
diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot/biosboot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot/biosboot.8 index a52bef0f268..595af1723da 100644 --- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot/biosboot.8 +++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/biosboot/biosboot.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: biosboot.8,v 1.16 2003/06/03 20:22:11 mickey Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: biosboot.8,v 1.17 2003/06/06 21:45:33 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Shalayeff .\" All rights reserved. @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ location. .Nm must be installed by, and have its block table filled in by, the .Xr installboot 8 -program. As this data is BIOS dependent, you must re-run +program. +As this data is BIOS dependent, you must re-run .Xr installboot 8 each time you reinstall .Xr boot 8 @@ -66,12 +67,12 @@ protected mode and transferring control to the just loaded /boot program. Diagnostics consist of two error messages: .Bl -tag -width read_error_ .It Er Read error -Some kind of error returned by the BIOS read call. This might be -any media error, including bad sectors (common on floppy disks), +Some kind of error returned by the BIOS read call. +This might be any media error, including bad sectors (common on floppy disks), and invalid sectors (can occur with messed up geometry translations). .It Er Bad magic -The just loaded /boot image contains a bad magic in its header. This -might indicate some kind of hardware problem, the +The just loaded /boot image contains a bad magic in its header. +This might indicate some kind of hardware problem, the .Ar boot argument to the .Xr installboot 8 @@ -84,14 +85,17 @@ has been used in .Xr installboot 8 for the device you are booting from. .Sh NOTES -The practice of making OpenBSD use the whole disk (ie: having +The practice of making +.Ox +use the whole disk (ie: having .Nm as the MBR) has been deprecated, and will not work on certain BIOS versions. There is a lot of strange behaviour with different BIOSes; one well known lobotomy case is that the BIOS does not pass the right boot drive number to the .Nm -program. This is one of the main reasons that having +program. +This is one of the main reasons that having .Nm as the MBR has been deprecated. .Sh FILES @@ -110,6 +114,12 @@ system code .Xr boot_i386 8 , .Xr fdisk 8 , .Xr installboot 8 +.Sh HISTORY +This program was written by Michael Shalayeff for +.Ox 2.1 . +However it's based on bootstrap code from older versions of this +operating system, other operating systems, other programs, and +other people's work. .Sh BUGS It should do a checksum over the loaded /boot image, and check that against a value that @@ -121,9 +131,3 @@ reported. .Pp You can pick your motherboard, and you can pick your BIOS, but you can't pick your motherboard's BIOS. -.Sh HISTORY -This program was written by Michael Shalayeff for -.Ox 2.1 . -However it's based on bootstrap code from older versions of this -operating system, other operating systems, other programs, and -other people's work. diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 index 13e19d72417..6402645465c 100644 --- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 +++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.32 2003/06/03 20:22:11 mickey Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.33 2003/06/06 21:45:33 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Michael Shalayeff .\" All rights reserved. @@ -276,6 +276,17 @@ The default baudrate is 9600bps. .It time Displays system time and date. .El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/biosbootxx -compact +.It Pa /usr/mdec/biosboot +first stage bootstrap +.It Pa /boot +system bootstrap +.It Pa /etc/boot.conf +system bootstrap's startup file +.It Pa /bsd +kernel image +.El .Sh EXAMPLES .Li boot> boot .Pp @@ -312,17 +323,6 @@ Once booted, such changes can be made permanent by using .Xr config 8 Ns 's .Fl e option. -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/biosbootxx -compact -.It Pa /usr/mdec/biosboot -first stage bootstrap -.It Pa /boot -system bootstrap -.It Pa /etc/boot.conf -system bootstrap's startup file -.It Pa /bsd -kernel image -.El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gzip 1 , .Xr autoconf 4 , diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 index 44dd3d554e1..f107578d472 100644 --- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 +++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/installboot/installboot.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.25 2003/06/03 20:22:11 mickey Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.26 2003/06/06 21:45:33 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Shalayeff .\" All rights reserved. @@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ The arguments are: .Bl -tag -width biosboot .It Ar boot The name of the second-stage boot program in the mounted file system -where the first-stage boot program is to be installed. This should be -a full pathname. +where the first-stage boot program is to be installed. +This should be a full pathname. .It Ar biosboot The name of the prototype file for the first stage boot program, usually @@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ The typical use is .Pp And if the information supplied looks right, run the above without the .Fl n -flag. If you are upgrading an old system, you may need to preface +flag. +If you are upgrading an old system, you may need to preface the above steps with some more steps... and do the following: .Pp .Dl boot the floppy.fs filesystem floppy @@ -138,6 +139,11 @@ and you can use the boot block command: .Pp .Dl boot> machine diskinfo +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr biosboot 8 , +.Xr disklabel 8 , +.Xr fdisk 8 , +.Xr init 8 .Sh BUGS The disklabel .Va d_type @@ -149,8 +155,3 @@ You cannot run for a drive/partition other than the one you want the .Pa /boot to be loaded from. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr biosboot 8 , -.Xr disklabel 8 , -.Xr fdisk 8 , -.Xr init 8 |