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Diffstat (limited to 'sys/arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/alpha/stand/installboot.8 | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/arch/alpha/stand/installboot.8 b/sys/arch/alpha/stand/installboot.8 index fe6352cb42f..98e49fbd0b3 100644 --- a/sys/arch/alpha/stand/installboot.8 +++ b/sys/arch/alpha/stand/installboot.8 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: installboot.8,v 1.2 1997/04/07 05:23:33 millert Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.1 1996/11/06 23:07:55 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Christopher G. Demetriou. All rights reserved. @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ The .Nm installboot utility prepares an FFS partition for bootstrapping. .Pp -The NetBSD/alpha disk bootstrap software is split into two parts: +The OpenBSD/alpha disk bootstrap software is split into two parts: a small first-stage boot program that is written into the disklabel area of a disk .Po @@ -113,7 +114,7 @@ as the second-stage boot program: installboot /boot /usr/mdec/bootxx /dev/rsd0a .Ed .Sh BUGS -NetBSD/alpha systems are only capable of booting off of disks' +OpenBSD/alpha systems are only capable of booting off of disks' .Dq a partitions, and bootable partitions must start at the beginning of the disk. @@ -133,12 +134,16 @@ set to a value greater than zero, so only works when the system is in an insecure mode (e.g. single-user mode; see .Xr init 8 ). +Alternately, one can use the ``c'' partition of +the target device which avoids this problem since +the ``c'' partition spans the entire disk and +should not be mounted. .Sh "SEE ALSO" .Xr disklabel 8 , .Xr init 8 , .Xr sysctl 8 .Sh HISTORY -The NetBSD/alpha +The alpha .Nm command first appeared in .Nx 1.2 . |