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diff --git a/sys/arch/sparc64/stand/installboot/installboot.8 b/sys/arch/sparc64/stand/installboot/installboot.8 deleted file mode 100644 index d08ab774d88..00000000000 --- a/sys/arch/sparc64/stand/installboot/installboot.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,105 +0,0 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.12 2013/09/29 21:30:50 jmc Exp $ -.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.1 1995/09/30 21:32:14 pk Exp $ -.\" -.\" Copyright (c) 1995 Paul Kranenburg -.\" 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. -.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software -.\" must display the following acknowledgement: -.\" This product includes software developed by Paul Kranenburg. -.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products -.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission -.\" -.\" 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: September 29 2013 $ -.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 sparc64 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm installboot -.Nd install a bootstrap on an FFS filesystem partition -.Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm installboot -.Op Fl nv -.Ar bootblk -.Ar device -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm installboot -prepares an FFS filesystem partition for boot-strapping from the PROM. -The sparc64 boot process is split into two parts: a small first-stage bootblock -that is written into the superblock area of a partition -.Po -and hence is limited in size to SBSIZE - DEV_BSIZE bytes -.Pc , -and a second-stage boot program that resides in the filesystem proper. -The first-stage bootblock is loaded into memory by the PROM. -After it receives control, it loads the second-stage boot program -.Ar ofwboot -from the filesystem. -The second-stage boot program uses the device driver interface to -the PROM and the stand-alone filesystem code in -.Dq libsa.a -to locate and load the kernel. -The first-stage bootblock and second-stage boot program can be found in -.Pa /usr/mdec/bootblk -and -.Pa /usr/mdec/ofwboot -respectively. -The second-stage boot program commonly resides in the root directory as -.Pa /ofwboot . -.Pp -The options are as follows: -.Bl -tag -width flag -.It Fl n -Do not actually write anything on the disk. -.It Fl v -Verbose mode. -.El -.Pp -The arguments are: -.Bl -tag -width bootblk -.It Ar bootblk -The name of the file containing the first-stage bootblock. -.It Ar device -The name of the raw device in which the first-stage boot program -is to be installed. -This should correspond to the block device on which the file system containing -.Ar ofwboot -is mounted. -.El -.Sh EXAMPLES -The following commands will install the first-stage bootblock in the -root filesystem -.Pq assumed to be mounted on Dq sd0a -using the file -.Pa /ofwboot -as the second-stage boot program: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -# cp /usr/mdec/ofwboot /ofwboot -# /usr/mdec/installboot /usr/mdec/bootblk sd0a -.Ed -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr disklabel 8 , -.Xr init 8 -.Sh HISTORY -The -.Nm installboot -first appeared in -.Nx 1.1 . |