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.\" $NetBSD: dosboot.8,v 1.19 2009/03/11 19:26:09 joerg Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: dosboot.8,v 1.20 2009/05/18 14:46:51 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997
.\" Matthias Drochner. All rights reserved.
@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
.Nm
is an
.Tn MS-DOS
program. It is a boot loader for
program.
It is a boot loader for
.Nx Ns Tn /i386
designed to permit
.Nx
to be booted directly from
.Tn MS-DOS .
By default, it boots a file with
name
By default, it boots a file with name
.Pa NETBSD
in the current
.Tn MS-DOS
@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ shares common code with the standard boot loader,
.Pp
The recognized options are:
.Bl -tag -width -ads -offset 04n
.It Fl u
Boot from a UFS filesystem instead of an
.Tn MS-DOS
filesystem.
.It Fl c
Execute
.Ar command
@ -72,9 +68,13 @@ Execute
Enter interactive mode.
.Nm
will present a prompt, allowing input of commands (see below).
.Pp
.It Pa path
Specifies the kernel file. In
.It Fl u
Boot from a UFS filesystem instead of an
.Tn MS-DOS
filesystem.
.It Ar path
Specifies the kernel file.
In
.Tn MS-DOS
mode (default) a normal
.Tn MS-DOS
@ -85,13 +85,14 @@ or after a
.Ic mode ufs
command), a path in a
.Nx
filesystem
is expected. By default, the file is looked up in partition 'a' of
the first harddisk. Another device or partition can be specified
filesystem is expected.
By default, the file is looked up in partition
.Sq a
of the first harddisk.
Another device or partition can be specified
by prepending a block device name in terms of
.Nx ,
followed
by a colon (see
followed by a colon (see
.Xr boot 8
and examples).
.It Fl adqsv
@ -125,8 +126,10 @@ Print an overview about commands and arguments.
.It Ic ls Op Pa path
Print a directory listing of
.Pa path ,
containing inode number, filename and file type. This command works in
UFS mode only. path can contain a device specification.
containing inode number, filename and file type.
This command works in UFS mode only.
.Pa path
can contain a device specification.
.It Ic mode Va fstype
Switch filesystem type;
.Va fstype
@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ kernel located on
.Tn MS-DOS
drive D, one would issue:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
dosboot D:\\NODOS\\NETBSD
dosboot D:\eNODOS\eNETBSD
.Ed
.Pp
To boot from a
@ -176,8 +179,8 @@ command first appeared in
.Nx 1.3 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
assumes that the processor is in real mode at startup. It does not work
well in the presence of
assumes that the processor is in real mode at startup.
It does not work well in the presence of
.Tn MS-DOS
extenders and memory managers.
.Pp