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diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_atari.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_atari.8 index ad20feb592f..f77b382e2d3 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_atari.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_atari.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: boot_atari.8,v 1.3 1998/09/01 16:38:19 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot_atari.8,v 1.4 1998/09/17 04:15:00 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: boot_atari.8,v 1.1 1996/06/27 11:07:56 leo Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. @@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ .\" @(#)boot_hp300.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" .Dd June 21, 1996 -.Dt boot_atari 8 +.Dt BOOT_ATARI 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot .Nd system bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Sy Power fail and crash recovery +.Ss Power fail and crash recovery .Pp When the .Tn OpenBSD @@ -60,39 +60,38 @@ to shut the system down is with the 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 the debugger is exited, the system will attempt a dump to the +.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 is complete (successful +during the next boot cycle). After the dump completes (successful or not), the system will attempt a reboot. .Pp -.Sy Booting OpenBSD using the bootloader +.Ss Booting OpenBSD using the bootloader .Pp When a bootable .Tn OpenBSD partition is created by means of -.Xr installboot 8 -, the Atari BIOS will automatically start the OpenBSD bootloader. By default +.Xr installboot 8 , +the Atari BIOS will automatically start the OpenBSD bootloader. By default, it will load the kernel image .Pa /bsd -and attempts to boot it into multi-user mode. This behaviour can be changed by +and attempt to boot it into multi-user mode. This behaviour can be changed by either keeping the -.Pa Alternate -or the -.Pa Right-Shift -key pressed during the boot. When +.Sq Alternate +or +.Sq Right-Shift +key pressed during the boot process. When the -.Pa Alternate +.Sq Alternate key is pressed, the bootstrap is aborted, causing the BIOS to continue scanning the disks for a bootable partition (this is compatible with AHDI 3.0). Pressing the -.Pa Right-Shift -key during the boot, causes the boot loader to enter the interactive mode. +.Sq Right-Shift +key during the boot causes the bootloader to enter interactive mode. In interactive mode, the command line looks like: .Bd -ragged -offset indent -.Pp .Op Ar OS-type .Op Ar boot-path .Op Ar boot-options @@ -112,28 +111,29 @@ indicated will be used. If something other than .Pa .OpenBSD is specified, control is returned to the BIOS with the boot preference set to -the selected type. Due to limitations of the BIOS however, the search for +the selected type. Due to limitations of the BIOS, however, the search for bootblocks is continued rather than restarted. -.It boot-path +.It Em boot-path This gives you the opportunity to boot another kernel, say: -.Pa /bsd.old. +.Pa /bsd.old . The default is -.Pa /bsd -.It boot-options +.Pa /bsd . +.It Em boot-options These options are a subset of the .Xr loadbsd options. +.Pp .Bl -tag -width flag -compact .It Fl a -Boot into multi-user mode (the default) +Boot into multi-user mode (the default). .It Fl b -Ask for a root device +Ask for a root device. .It Fl d -Enter the kernel debugger +Enter the kernel debugger. .El .El .Pp -.Sy Booting using the loadbsd program +.Ss Booting using the loadbsd program .Pp When you want (or have to) start OpenBSD from GEM, you have to use the .Xr loadbsd @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Print a help screen that tries to explain the same options as mentioned here. .It Fl o Ar outputfile Write all output to the file -.Ar outputfile. +.Ar outputfile . .It Fl s Tell OpenBSD only to use ST compatible RAM. .It Fl t @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ This is a GEMDOS path specification of the kernel to boot. .Pp Note: Because the loadbsd program can only read kernels from a GEMDOS filesystem, the file -.Ar /bsd +.Pa /bsd is usually not the same as the actual kernel booted. This can cause some programs to fail. .Sh FILES |