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diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.cats/boot_cats.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.cats/boot_cats.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 9a3e02bfa51..00000000000 --- a/share/man/man8/man8.cats/boot_cats.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,127 +0,0 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: boot_cats.8,v 1.6 2007/05/31 19:19:59 jmc Exp $ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2004, Miodrag Vallat. -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES -.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. -.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, -.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT -.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, -.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY -.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT -.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF -.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ -.Dt BOOT_CATS 8 cats -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm boot_cats -.Nd CATS system bootstrapping procedures -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Ss System startup -When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via -.Xr reboot 8 -or -.Xr shutdown 8 , -the Cyclone or ABLE firmware will proceed to its initialization, -and will try to boot an operating system if autoboot is enabled. -Cyclone firmware must be upgraded to ABLE before -.Ox -can be run. -.Ss Boot process options -The ABLE firmware will attempt to boot the commandline stored in the -.Em boot.cmd -environment variable, such as -.Dq (hd0)bsd -f . -Autoboot is enabled by setting the -.Em boot.auto -environment variable to -.Sq true , -and will start after -.Em boot.timeout -seconds. -.Pp -The kernel can be passed arguments on the commandline. -The expected syntax for -.Ox -kernel parameters is one or more option letters from the following list, -prefixed by a dash -.Pq - : -.Bl -tag -width "XXX" -offset indent -compact -.Pp -.It Cm a -Prompt for the root filesystem device after the devices have been configured. -.It Cm c -Enter the -.Dq User Kernel Configuration -mode upon startup -.Pq Xr boot_config 8 . -.It Cm d -Enter the debugger, -.Xr ddb 4 , -as soon as the kernel console has been initialized. -.It Cm f -Use the -.Xr footbridge 4 -serial port -.Pq Xr fcom 4 -as the console. -.It Cm s -Boot the system single-user. -.It Cm v -Use the -.Xr vga 4 -graphics display as the console, if available. -.El -.Ss Abnormal system termination -In case of system crashes, the kernel will usually enter the kernel -debugger, -.Xr ddb 4 , -unless it is not present in the kernel, or it is disabled via the -.Em ddb.panic -sysctl. -Upon leaving ddb, or if ddb was not entered, the kernel will halt the system -if it was still in device configuration phase, or attempt a dump to the -configured dump device, if possible. -The crash dump will then be recovered by -.Xr savecore 8 -during the next multi-user boot cycle. -It is also possible to force other behaviours from ddb. -.Sh FILES -.Bl -tag -width /bsd.rd -compact -.It Pa /bsd -default system kernel -.It Pa /bsd.rd -standalone installation kernel, suitable for disaster recovery -.El -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr ddb 4 , -.Xr boot_config 8 , -.Xr halt 8 , -.Xr init 8 , -.Xr reboot 8 , -.Xr savecore 8 , -.Xr shutdown 8 -.Sh CAVEATS -.Tn ABLE -is not able to access or boot off -.Ox -FFS partitions on some disks. -This can be helped by forcing smaller disk access, by setting the -.Em ide.multi-limit -nvram variable to a small integer value. -A value of -.Ar 1 -ought to work in all cases. |