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| author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-18 11:23:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-11-18 11:23:20 +0000 |
| commit | 99bca47077c66f4a36b0e08b70d6d21e6a830a8a (patch) | |
| tree | f97f23b685bec72bb919229d2da01c218ddb2dea /sys/arch | |
| parent | 559526eb6c40faa71c266b5acb8ce561fe3ce70e (diff) | |
- Add an EXAMPLES section. I still haven't chosen a "standard" format.
- Some more .Li usage.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 | 40 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 index e1350f57337..302920c745a 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 1.20 2000/11/18 11:07:31 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.21 2000/11/18 11:23:19 aaron Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2000 Michael Shalayeff .\" All rights reserved. @@ -83,8 +83,13 @@ Set up a protected mode environment which catches and reports processor exceptions and provides a simple protected-mode BIOS interface. .It Probe for console devices, which includes the (default) PC VGA+Keyboard -console (pc0) and up to four serial consoles (com0 through com3) connected -to the serial ports. +console +.Pq Li pc0 +and up to four serial consoles +.Pf ( Li com0 +through +.Li com3 ) +connected to the serial ports. Display messages to the default console about the devices found. .It Detect memory. @@ -222,9 +227,14 @@ Debug flag if .Nm was compiled with DEBUG defined. .It Nm device -Boot device name (ie: fd0a, sd0a). +Boot device name (i.e., +.Li fd0a , +.Li sd0a ) . .It Nm tty -Active console device name (ie: com0, com1, pc0) +Active console device name (i.e., +.Li com0 , +.Li com1 , +.Li pc0 ) . .It Nm image File name containing the kernel image. .El @@ -250,6 +260,26 @@ The default baudrate is 9600bps. .It time Displays system time and date. .El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Li boot> boot +.Pp +Boot the default kernel. +.Pp +.Li # echo \&"boot\&" > /etc/boot.conf +.Pp +Remove the 5 second pause at boot-time permanently, causing +.Nm +to load the kernel immediately without prompting. +.Pp +.Li boot> set tty com0 +.Pp +Use serial console. +A null modem cable should connect the specified serial port to a terminal. +Useful for debugging. +.Pp +.Li # echo \&"set tty com0\&" > /etc/boot.conf +.Pp +Invoke the serial console at every boot. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/biosbootxx -compact .It Pa /usr/mdec/biosboot |