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Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot/boot_mac68k.8')
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diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_mac68k.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_mac68k.8 index cf605e7cff9..bacff4a7fad 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_mac68k.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_mac68k.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: boot_mac68k.8,v 1.5 1998/02/26 16:32:40 gene Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot_mac68k.8,v 1.6 1998/09/17 04:15:00 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: boot_mac68k.8,v 1.1 1995/07/02 02:09:52 briggs Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California. @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ .Nd system bootstrapping procedures .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Sy Power fail and crash recovery. +.Ss Power fail and crash recovery +.Pp Normally, the .Ox kernel on the mac68k architecture is booted from the native operating @@ -61,15 +62,15 @@ 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 +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 On most mac68k machines with "soft-power" after the IIcx, the power -switch can be physically rotated and locked in the 'on' position. +switch can be physically rotated and locked in the ``on'' position. The native OS can be configured to automatically start the .Ox boot program. Additionally, the OpenBSD boot program can be configured @@ -79,11 +80,12 @@ without intervention. When a system is so configured, it can crash or lose power and reboot back to a fully multi-user state without any intervention. .Pp -.Sy The boot application +.Ss The boot application +.Pp The boot application runs in the native OS on the system. It has a dialog where booting preferences may be changed and an option whereby these options may be saved. The preferences are stored in the program -itself, not in a preferences folder--thus allowing two separate copies +itself, not in a preferences folder, thus allowing two separate copies of the program to be configured differently (e.g. to boot different bsd or bsd.test, or to boot from two different drives). .Pp @@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ file. Another useful option that may be specified is the "serial console" option. This will allow a serial device (terminal or computer) to act as a console for the system. This device must be configured to -use 9600 baud, eight bits, no parity, and one stop bit (9600-N81). +use 9600 baud, eight bits, no parity, and one stop bit (9600-8N1). Either the printer port or the modem port (tty01 and tty00, respectively) may be used for this. .Pp @@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ in native OS rather than from the usual location in the .Ox file system. A radio button is supplied for this purpose. Note that some programs will not run properly if the kernel is not found as -.Ar /bsd +.Pa /bsd within the .Tn OpenBSD file system. |