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diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.zaurus/boot_zaurus.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.zaurus/boot_zaurus.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..11d5dadb72b --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man8/man8.zaurus/boot_zaurus.8 @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: boot_zaurus.8,v 1.1 2005/04/19 23:08:17 uwe Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2005 Uwe Stuehler +.\" +.\" 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 April 18, 2005 +.Dt BOOT_ZAURUS 8 zaurus +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm boot_zaurus +.Nd zaurus system bootstrapping procedures +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Ss System starts +When powered on, or if the system is rebooted via +.Xr reboot 8 +or +.Xr shutdown 8 , +the processor begins executing code at physical address 0. +The early startup code is preinstalled by the manufacturer, +and will load a minimal UNIX-like operating system from internal +flash memory (our primary bootstrap loader, for now). +.Ss Boot process options +On most systems, booting +.Ox +from the primary bootstrap loader will eventually load the +.Ox Ns -specific +zaurus bootstrapping code. +This versatile program is described in a separate document, +.Xr boot 8 . +.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 /usr/mdec/zbsdmod.o -compact +.It Pa /bsd +default system kernel +.It Pa /bsd.rd +standalone installation kernel, suitable for disaster recovery +.It Pa /usr/mdec/zboot +system bootstrap +.It Pa /usr/mdec/zbsdmod.o +kernel module for the primary bootstrap loader that must be +loaded before the system bootstrap +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ddb 4 , +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr halt 8 , +.Xr init 8 , +.\" .Xr installboot 8 , +.Xr reboot 8 , +.Xr savecore 8 , +.Xr shutdown 8 |