Document fs, menu, rndseed, and splash commands.
Add rescue(8) to SEE ALSO. Also a little copy editing.
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.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.2 2014/08/16 08:43:12 apb Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.3 2014/08/16 11:41:37 apb Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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and its clones
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.Pc
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that can run
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.Nx Ns /x86
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.Nx Ns /i386
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or
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.Nx Ns /amd64
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can use any of the following boot procedures, depending on what the hardware and
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.Tn BIOS
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support:
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text and displaying a menu allowing boot commands to be easily chosen.
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See
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.Xr boot.cfg 5 .
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.Pp
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.Ss Boot Protocol
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The
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.Nx Ns /x86
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boot loader can boot a kernel using either the native
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.Va device
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is of the form specified in
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.Cm boot .
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.It Ic fs Va file
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Load a file system image from the specified
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.Ar file ,
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and request the kernel to use it as the root file system.
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The
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.Xr makefs 8
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utility may be used to create suitable file system images.
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.It Ic help
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Print an overview about commands and arguments.
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.It Ic load Va module Op Ar arguments
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.Pp
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In addition to the
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.Cm boot
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options specified above, the DOM0 kernel accepts
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options specified above, the
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.Tn Xen
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DOM0 kernel accepts
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.Po Ar arguments
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being separated with spaces
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.Pc :
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containing inode number, filename, and file type.
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.Pa path
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can contain a device specification.
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.It Ic menu
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Display the boot menu and initiate a countdown,
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similarly to what would have happened if interactive mode
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had not been entered.
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.It Ic modules Bro Ar on | off | enabled | disabled Brc
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The values
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.Ar enabled , on
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.El
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.It Ic quit
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Reboot the system.
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.It Ic rndseed Ar file
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Load the specified
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.Ar file
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and request the kernel to use it as a seed for the
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.Xr rnd 4
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random number generator.
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The
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.Ar file
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should be in the private format used by
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.Xr rndctl 8 ,
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and should have been saved by
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.Ql "rndctl -S"
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shortly before the previous shutdown.
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See the
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.Va random_seed
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and
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.Va random_file
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variables in
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.Xr rc.conf 5 ,
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and the
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.Pa /etc/rc.d/random_seed
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script, for a way to manage the seed file.
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Using the same seed file on more then one host,
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or for more than one boot on the same host,
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will reduce the quality of random numbers
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and may impact system security.
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.It Ic userconf Va command
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Pass command
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.Va command
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These commands are processed before the interactive
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.Xr userconf 4
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shell is executed, if requested.
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.It Ic splash Ar file
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Load a graphical image from the specified
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.Ar file
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and request the kernel to use it as a splash screen.
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The
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.Ar file
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should contain an image in one of these formats:
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JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, PSD, or PIC.
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.It Ic vesa Bro Va modenum | Ar on | off | enabled | disabled | list Brc
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Initialise the video card to the specified resolution and bit depth.
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The
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.Xr multiboot 8 ,
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.Xr pxeboot 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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.Xr rescue 8 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8 ,
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.Xr boothowto 9
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.Sh BUGS
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