Use .Nx for NetBSD, drop some unnecessary empty lines, use standard headers.
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.\" $NetBSD: mbr.8,v 1.4 2000/11/07 05:40:17 lukem Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: mbr.8,v 1.5 2001/11/16 11:36:09 wiz Exp $
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.Dd April 13, 1999
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.Dt MBR 8 i386
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.Os
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@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ that is marked active, and boot from it. Booting from a partition simply
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means loading the first sector in that partition, and executing the
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code in it, as is done for the MBR itself.
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.Pp
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NetBSD supplies its two versions of the bootcode in an MBR:
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.Nx
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supplies its two versions of the bootcode in an MBR:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Sy Normal boot code
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This version has the same functionality as that supplied by DOS/Windows and
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@ -42,12 +43,10 @@ press a key, selecting a menu item. Must be in the range 0-3600.
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.It default
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The default partition or disk to boot from, should the timeout
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expire.
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.It active
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Activate/deactivate the bootselector. When deactivated, the
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bootcode will pick the first active partition, as usual.
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.El
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.Pp
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When active, the bootselector will let the user select the partition
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or drive to boot from via the keyboard. Keys F1 through F4 will
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The Enter key will cause the bootcode to find the active partition,
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and boot from it. If no key is pressed, the (configurable) default
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selection is picked.
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.Sh DIAGNOSTIC
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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The following error numbers may be printed in case of an error condition,
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(after which the user must restart the system):
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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No operating system. The bootsector was loaded successfully, but
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it was not valid (i.e. the magic number check failed).
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr fdisk 8
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.Sh BUGS
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