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.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.1 2003/04/29 13:00:58 fredette Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.2 2003/04/29 13:05:32 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm boot
.Nd
system bootstrapping procedures
.Nd system bootstrapping procedures
.\" .Sh SYNOPSIS
.\" .Nm reboot
.\" .Op Fl n
@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ as described in
and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
.Ss Cold starts
A disk-boot program
.Pa ( /usr/mdec/ufsboot )
.Pq Pa /usr/mdec/ufsboot
will attempt to load
.Pa netbsd
from partition A of the boot device,
@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ which must currently be an
.Dq sd
disk.
Alternatively, network boot program
.Pa ( /usr/mdec/netboot )
.Pq Pa /usr/mdec/netboot
will load
.Pa netbsd
from the NFS root as determined by the procedure described in
@ -88,17 +87,23 @@ Boot the system in verbose mode.
.El
.Pp
Any extra flags or arguments, or the
.Ar \*[Lt]boot string\*[Gt]
.Aq Ar boot string
after the -- separator are passed to the boot PROM.
Other flags are currently ignored.
.Pp
At any time you can break back to the ROM by pressing the `L1' and `a'
At any time you can break back to the ROM by pressing the
.Sq L1
and
.Sq a
keys at the same time (if the console is a serial port the same is
achieved by sending a `break').
achieved by sending a
.Sq break ) .
If you do this accidentally you can continue whatever was in progress
by typing `c' followed by the return key.
by typing
.Sq c
followed by the return key.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/installboot -compact
.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/installbootXX -compact
.It Pa /netbsd
system code
.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootxx
@ -113,7 +118,7 @@ second-level boot program for UFS disks
program to install bootxx on a disk
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr crash 8 ,
.\" .Xr crash 8 ,
.Xr disklabel 8 ,
.Xr fsck 8 ,
.Xr halt 8 ,