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author | Joel Sing <jsing@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2014-01-05 16:02:41 +0000 |
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committer | Joel Sing <jsing@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2014-01-05 16:02:41 +0000 |
commit | b21d1e4bdd6abb51d3f4e62f9f1bad7914aa84ea (patch) | |
tree | dd62974d552a718d787754d3b59fefdee3fecb5b /usr.sbin | |
parent | af0855cfb092c08728ba40210230d2ef67d3d99f (diff) |
Add initial man page for installboot.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8 | 76 |
2 files changed, 80 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile b/usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile index 21b97416a6b..4ab5c07334b 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile +++ b/usr.sbin/installboot/Makefile @@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.7 2013/12/28 14:45:57 jsing Exp $ - -NOMAN= +# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.8 2014/01/05 16:02:40 jsing Exp $ .if (${MACHINE} == "amd64" || ${MACHINE} == "hp300" || \ ${MACHINE} == "hppa" || ${MACHINE} == "hppa64" || \ @@ -8,6 +6,8 @@ NOMAN= ${MACHINE} == "sparc64" || ${MACHINE} == "vax") PROG= installboot +SRCS= installboot.c +MAN= installboot.8 CPPFLAGS= -I${.CURDIR} LDADD= -lutil @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ DPADD= ${LIBUTIL} LDSTATIC= -static -SRCS += installboot.c - .include "${.CURDIR}/${MACHINE}/Makefile.inc" .if !empty(CFLAGS:M-DBOOTSTRAP) @@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ SRCS += softraid.c .else NOPROG= +NOMAN= .endif .include <bsd.prog.mk> diff --git a/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8 b/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..676b74ee439 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.1 2014/01/05 16:02:40 jsing Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Joel Sing +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 5 2014 $ +.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm installboot +.Nd install bootstrap on a disk +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm installboot +.Op Fl nv +.Ar disk +.Op Ar stage1 Op Ar stage2 +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +installs bootstrap on the specified disk. +The exact process used depends on the system architecture, however there is +generally a primary bootstrap (often known as a boot block) and a +secondary bootstrap (often known as a boot loader). +Some architectures only require a single stage bootstrap, which is written to +the beginning of the disk. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl n +Perform a dry run - do not actually write any bootstrap to the disk. +.It Fl v +Increase verbosity during operation. +.It Ar disk +Specify the +.Ar disk +to install the bootstrap on. +This may be specified using a full pathname, an abbreviated disk form, +or a disklabel UID. +.It Ar stage1 +Specify the file to use for the primary bootstrap. +If not specified, the default for this architecture will be used. +.It Ar stage2 +Specify the file to use for the secondary bootstrap. +If not specified, the default for this architecture will be used. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +In its most basic form, to install bootstrap on +.Ar disk +sd0, using the default primary and secondary bootstrap files: +.Bd -literal -offset 3n +# installboot sd0 +.Ed +.Pp +To install bootstrap on an +.Ox +amd64 machine, using +.Ar /usr/mdec/biosboot +as the primary bootstrap and +.Ar /boot +as the secondary bootstrap: +.Bd -literal -offset 3n +# cp /usr/mdec/boot /boot +# installboot -v wd0 /usr/mdec/biosboot /boot +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr disklabel 8 |