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Grammar fixes in previous; use Nx in one place;

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sort examples; replace < and > with \*[Lt] and \*[Gt] respectively.
Bump date for previous.
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.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.32 2003/10/27 16:51:05 cl Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.33 2003/10/28 00:26:17 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd October 7, 2003
.Dd October 28, 2003
.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -137,9 +137,10 @@ already exists and the secondary bootstrap file is just being updated:
and
.Sy vax .
.Pp
The following platform do no require the first step since a single
bootstrap file is used. The single bootstrap is installed like the
primary bootstrap on other platforms:
The following platform does not require the first step since a
single bootstrap file is used.
The single bootstrap is installed like the primary bootstrap on
other platforms:
.Sy next68k .
.Pp
.El
@ -238,16 +239,16 @@ to the end of
.Ar filesystem ,
which must be a regular file in this case.
.
.It Sy command=<boot command>
.It Sy command=\*[Lt]boot command\*[Gt]
.Sy [ amiga ]
Modify the default boot command line.
.
.It Sy console=<console name>
.It Sy console=\*[Lt]console name\*[Gt]
.Sy [ i386 ]
Set the console device, <console name> must be one of:
Set the console device, \*[Lt]console name\*[Gt] must be one of:
pc, com0, com1, com2, com3, com0kbd, com1kbd, com2kbd or com3kbd.
.
.It Sy password=<password>
.It Sy password=\*[Lt]password\*[Gt]
.Sy [ i386 ]
Set the password which must be entered before the boot menu can be accessed.
.
@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ Set the password which must be entered before the boot menu can be accessed.
.Sy [ i386 ]
Reset the video before booting.
.
.It Sy speed=<baud rate>
.It Sy speed=\*[Lt]baud rate\*[Gt]
.Sy [ i386 ]
Set the baud rate for the serial console.
.
@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ The existing
.Nx Ns Tn /sparc
disklabel should use no more than 4 partitions.
.
.It Sy timeout=<seconds>
.It Sy timeout=\*[Lt]seconds\*[Gt]
.Sy [ i386 ]
Set the timeout before the automatic boot begins to the given number of seconds.
.El
@ -387,7 +388,9 @@ Installed into the bootstrap area of the file system by
Primary bootstrap for
.Sy FFSv1
file systems
(the "traditional" NetBSD file system).
(the "traditional"
.Nx
file system).
.
.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv2
Primary bootstrap for
@ -480,6 +483,11 @@ Remove the primary bootstrap from disk
.Sq sd1 :
.Dl Ic installboot -c /dev/rsd1c
.
.Ss NetBSD/amiga
Modify the command line to change the default from "netbsd -ASn2" to
"netbsd -S":
.Dl Ic installboot -m amiga -o command="netbsd -S" /dev/rsd0a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffs
.
.Ss NetBSD/i386
Create a bootable floppy disk with UFS file system for a small custom
kernel (note: bigger kernels needing multiple disks are handled with
@ -489,7 +497,7 @@ Ignore the warnings this spews (it can not write a disklabel, which is no
problem for a floppy disk)
.Dl Ic mount /dev/fd0a /mnt
.Dl Ic cp /usr/mdec/boot /mnt/boot
.Dl Ic gzip -9 < sys/arch/i386/compile/mykernel/netbsd > /mnt/netbsd.gz
.Dl Ic gzip -9 \*[Lt] sys/arch/i386/compile/mykernel/netbsd \*[Gt] /mnt/netbsd.gz
.Dl Ic umount /mnt
.Dl Ic installboot -v /dev/rfd0a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ufs
.
@ -552,11 +560,6 @@ with the secondary bootstrap
already present:
.Dl Ic installboot /dev/rsd0c /usr/mdec/bootxx /boot
.
.Ss NetBSD/amiga examples
Modify the command line to change the default from "netbsd -ASn2" to
"netbsd -S":
.Dl Ic installboot -m amiga -o command="netbsd -S" /dev/rsd0a /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffs
.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr uname 3 ,
.Xr boot 8 ,