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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8')
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diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 index cebb5e64a23..da91bed4e0b 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: boot_hp300.8,v 1.3 1996/06/29 18:24:15 mickey Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot_hp300.8,v 1.4 1998/09/17 04:15:00 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: boot_hp300.8,v 1.3 1995/04/23 10:33:34 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 @@ -46,26 +46,26 @@ .Nd system bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Sy Power fail and crash recovery. +.Ss Power fail and crash recovery +.Pp Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations. .Pp -.Sy Cold starts. +.Ss Cold starts +.Pp On an HP300, the boot procedure uses the boot ROM to load a boot program from an .Tn LIF format directory at the beginning of an attached disk. The .Pa /usr/mdec -directory contains a disk boot programs which should be placed in a +directory contains a disk boot program which should be placed in a new pack automatically by .Xr newfs 8 when the ``a'' partition file system on the pack is created. .Pp -This -.Em boot -program +This boot program finds the corresponding file on the given device .Pf ( Ar bsd by default), @@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ Currently, ``rd'' and ``sd'' are the only valid specifiers. .Pp For example, -to boot from the `a' file system of unit 0 on HP-IB 2, +to boot from the ``a'' file system of unit 0 on HP-IB 2, type .Ql rd(16, 0)bsd -to the boot prompt. +at the boot prompt. For tapes, the minor device number gives a file offset. .Pp In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the paper |