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diff --git a/sys/arch/landisk/stand/bootxx/bootxx.8 b/sys/arch/landisk/stand/bootxx/bootxx.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..a2745b51778 --- /dev/null +++ b/sys/arch/landisk/stand/bootxx/bootxx.8 @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@ +.\" $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 |