.\" $OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.6 2005/12/16 16:49:46 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Michael Shalayeff .\" 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. .\" .\" 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 OR HIS RELATIVES 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 MIND, 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 September 1, 1997 .Dt BOOT 8 zaurus .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot , .Nm boot.conf .Nd zaurus-specific second-stage bootstrap .Sh DESCRIPTION The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the peculiarities of the zaurus machine. .Pp As described in .Xr boot_zaurus 8 , this program is loaded by the primary bootstrap loader and provides a convenient way to load the kernel. This program acts as an enhanced boot monitor for zaurus systems, providing a common interface for the kernel to start from. .Pp Basic operations include: .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact .It Detecting and switching between multiple consoles. .It Loading kernels from any device supported by the primary bootstrap loader. .\" .It .\" Loading kernels compressed by .\" .Xr gzip 1 . .It Passing system parameters queried from the primary bootstrap loader to the kernel. .It Providing an interactive command line. .El .Pp The sequence of its operation is as follows: initialization, parsing the configuration file, then an interactive command line. While at the command line you have 5 seconds to type any commands, if needed. If time expires, the kernel will be loaded according to the current variable settings (see the .Nm set command). Each time a kernel load fails, the timeout is increased by one second. The sequence of .Nm operations is as follows: .Bl -enum .It Probe for console devices, which includes the (default) LCD+Keyboard console .Pq Li cn0 and up to three serial consoles .Pf ( Li com0 through .Li com2 ) connected to the serial ports. Display messages to the default console about the devices found. .\" .It .\" Detect memory. .\" Conventional memory is detected by querying the BIOS. .\" Extended memory is detected by probing page-by-page through the address .\" space, rather than asking the BIOS; many BIOS's cannot report larger than .\" 64M of memory. .\" All memory found is reported to the default console device. .It Probe for disk devices, and select the first disk with an i386-compatible MBR and a valid .Ox primary partition. .It If the file .Pa /etc/boot.conf exists on the root filesystem on the selected disk, open and parse it. This file may contain any commands .Nm accepts at the interactive prompt. Though default settings usually suffice, they can be changed here. .It The header line .Pp .Dl >> OpenBSD/zaurus BOOT [x.xx] .Pp is displayed to the active console, where .Ar x.xx is the version number of the .Nm program, followed by the .Pp .Dl boot> .Pp prompt, which means you are in interactive mode and may enter commands. If you do not, .Nm will proceed to load the kernel with the current parameters after the timeout period has expired. .El .Pp By default, .Nm attempts to load the kernel executable .Pa /bsd . If that fails, it will attempt to load .Pa /obsd and then .Pa /bsd.old . If it fails to find any of these files, and no alternative kernel image has been specified, the system will be unable to boot. .Sh COMMANDS The following commands are accepted at the .Nm prompt: .Bl -tag -width shorten .It boot Op Ar image Op Fl acds Boots the kernel image specified by .Ar image with any options given. Image specification consists of a pair .Ar device : Ns Ar filename ; either or both can be omitted (`:' is not needed if both are omitted), in which case values from .Nm variables will be used. .Pp When selecting the .Ar device to boot from, .Nm makes no distinction between SCSI and IDE type drives; they are detected as .Sq hd devices. Therefore, to boot kernel .Pa /bsd from slice .Sq a on the first hard drive .Pq irrespective of device type , specify .Dq boot hd0a:/bsd . .Pp .Em Note: Normally, the internal hard disk is designated by the .Ar device name .Sq hd0 . If a CF hard disk is present in the socket when the system starts, the internal hard disk is instead designated by the prefix .Sq hd1 , and .Sq hd0 will access the CF hard disk. .Bl -tag -width _a_ .It Fl a Causes the kernel to ask for the .Nm root device to use. .It Fl c Causes the kernel to go into .Xr boot_config 8 before performing .Xr autoconf 4 procedures. .It Fl d Causes the kernel to drop into .Xr ddb 4 at the earliest convenient point. .It Fl s Causes the kernel to boot single-user. .El .It clear Clears the console screen. This is useful if your bootstrap console doesn't scroll the screen automatically when the cursor is in the bottom line. .It echo Op Ar args Displays .Ar args on the console device. .It help Prints a list of available commands and machine dependent commands, if any. .It ls Op Ar directory Prints contents of the specified .Ar directory in long format including: attributes and file type, owner, group, size, filename. .It reboot .\" Reboots the machine by initiating a warm boot procedure. Returns control to the primary bootstrap loader. .It set Op Ar varname Op Ar value If invoked without arguments, prints a list of variables and their values. If only .Ar varname is specified, displays contents of that variable. If .Ar varname and .Ar value are both specified, sets that variable to the given value. Variables include: .Pp .Bl -tag -compact -width boothow .It Nm addr Address at which to load the kernel. .It Nm debug Debug flag if .Nm was compiled with DEBUG defined. .It Nm device Boot device name (e.g., .\" .Li fd0a , .Li hd0a ) . .It Nm howto Options to pass to the loaded kernel. .It Nm image File name containing the kernel image. .It Nm timeout Number of seconds boot will wait for human intervention before booting the default kernel image. .It Nm tty Active console device name (e.g., .Li cn0 , .Li com0 , .Li com1 ) . .El .It stty Op Ar device Op Ar speed Displays or sets the .Ar speed for a console .Ar device . If changing the baudrate for the currently active console, .Nm offers you five seconds of grace time before committing the change to allow you to change your terminal's speed to match. If changing speed .Em not for the active console, the baudrate is set for the .Em next time you switch to a serial console. .Pp The default baudrate is 9600bps. .It time Displays system time and date. .El .Sh UPDATING BOOTBLOCKS Since the bootblocks actually live in a Linux flash filesystem, a rather obtuse method must currently be used to upgrade them. .Pp .Bl -enum -offset indent -compact .It Place .Pa zboot and .Pa zbsdmod.o onto an MS-DOS filesystem on a CF card, and then insert into the Zaurus. .It Remove power from the Zaurus. .It Unplug the battery. .It Start holding down the .Sq b and .Sq d keys. .It Wait 30 seconds, then re-insert the battery and power up the Zaurus. .It When you see text start to appear on the Zaurus, release the .Sq b and .Sq d keys. .It Login as root and perform the following steps: .Bd -literal -offset indent # mount /dev/mtdblock2 /tmp # cp /mnt/cf/z* /tmp/home/etc/rc.d # reboot .Ed .Pp An SD card with an MS-DOS filesystem may be used instead, in which case the Linux pathname will be .Pa /mnt/card instead of .Pa /mnt/cf . .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/zbsdmod.o -compact .It Pa /usr/mdec/zbsdmod.o kernel module for the primary bootstrap loader that must be loaded before the system bootstrap .It Pa /usr/mdec/zboot system bootstrap .It Pa /etc/boot.conf system bootstrap's startup file .It Pa /bsd kernel image .It Pa /bsd.rd kernel image for installation/recovery .El .Sh EXAMPLES Boot the default kernel: .Pp .Dl boot> boot .Pp Remove the 5 second pause at boot-time permanently, causing .Nm to load the kernel immediately without prompting: .Pp .Dl # echo \&"boot\&" > /etc/boot.conf .Pp Use serial console. A null modem cable should connect the specified serial port to a terminal. Useful for debugging. .Pp .Dl boot> set tty com0 .Pp Invoke the serial console at every boot: .Pp .Dl # echo \&"set tty com0\&" > /etc/boot.conf .Pp Boot the kernel named .Pa /bsd from the second hard disk in .Dq User Kernel Configuration mode (see .Xr boot_config 8 ) . This mechanism allows for the explicit enabling and disabling of devices during the current boot sequence, as well as the modification of device parameters. Once booted, such changes can be made permanent by using .Xr config 8 Ns 's .Fl e option. .Pp .Dl boot> boot hd1a:/bsd -c .Sh SEE ALSO .\" .Xr gzip 1 , .Xr autoconf 4 , .Xr ddb 4 , .Xr boot_config 8 , .Xr boot_zaurus 8 , .Xr fdisk 8 , .\" .Xr installboot 8 , .Xr reboot 8 .\" .Pp .\" RFC 1950 describes the zlib library interface. .\" .Pp .\" The official home page for the version of zlib used in this .\" operating system is at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/. .Sh HISTORY This program was written by Michael Shalayeff for .Ox 2.1 , and adapted to zaurus by Uwe Stuehler for .Ox 3.7 . .Sh BUGS Non-IDE disks can not be used to load /etc/boot.conf or the kernel from them.