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some minor proofreading and cleanup, per request by matthias drochner

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share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a program running under DOS which allows to load and start NetBSD/i386.
Per default, it boots a file with name
is an MS-DOS program. It is a boot loader for the i386 version of
.Nx
designed to permit
.Nx
to be booted directly from MS-DOS. Per default, it boots a file with
name
.Pa NETBSD
in the current DOS directory.
in the current MS-DOS directory.
.Pp
The recognized options are
.Bl -tag -width bootopts
.It Fl u
Boot from a UFS instead of a DOS file system.
Boot from an UFS filesystem instead of an MS-DOS filesystem.
.It Fl c
Execute <command> (see below).
.It Fl i
@ -31,7 +35,7 @@ Enter interactive mode.
will present a prompt, allowing input of commands (see below).
.Pp
.It path
Specifies the kernel file. In DOS mode (default) a normal DOS
Specifies the kernel file. In MS-DOS mode (default) a normal MS-DOS
filename (with or without drive specification) is accepted.
In UFS mode (after
.Fl u
@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ contain a device specification.
.It quit
Leave the
.Nm
program and exit to DOS.
program and exit to MS-DOS.
.It boot Op path Op Fl bootopts
Boot
.Nx .
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.Sh EXAMPLES
To boot a
.Nx
kernel located on DOS drive D, one would issue:
kernel located on MS-DOS drive D, one would issue:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dosboot D:\\NODOS\\NETBSD
.Ed
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.Sh BUGS
.Nm
assumes that the processor is in real mode at startup. It does not work
well in the presence of DOS extenders and memory managers.
well in the presence of MS-DOS extenders and memory managers.
.Pp
In UFS mode, files can only be loaded from devices known to the BIOS.
The device names do not necessarily comply with the names later
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.Nx
kernel.
.Pp
In DOS mode, no useful boot device specification is passed to
In MS-DOS mode, no useful boot device specification is passed to
.Nx .
It is necessary to have the root device hardwired into the kernel
configuration or to enter it manually.