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+.\" $OpenBSD: bootxx.8,v 1.1 2006/10/06 21:48:50 mickey Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Michael Shalayeff
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" 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 MIND, 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 October 5, 2006
+.Dt BOOTXX 8 landisk
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm bootxx
+.Nd
+LANDISK-specific primary boot loader
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+This small program, residing in the reserved sectors at the beginning
+of the root file system of the system, is responsible for loading
+the second-stage
+.Xr boot 8
+program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel.
+.Pp
+To install (or update) your
+.Nm
+program use
+.Xr disklabel 8
+utility using -B switch.
+.Pp
+When
+.Nm
+receives control from the master boot record (MBR) it will print a banner:
+.Pp
+.Dl OpenBSD MBR
+.Pp
+followed by a little twiddler while reading the second-stage boot.
+.Sh DIAGNOSTIC
+.Nm
+will print messages indicating errors as returned from the firmware.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/bootxx -compact
+.It Pa /usr/mdec/mbr
+Master Boot Record block
+.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootxx
+primary bootstrap
+.It Pa /boot
+secondary bootstrap
+.It Pa /bsd
+.Ox
+kernel
+.It Pa /bsd.rd
+.Ox
+kernel for installation/recovery
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr boot 8 ,
+.Xr boot_landisk 8 ,
+.Xr disklabel 8 ,
+.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr mbr 8