120 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
120 lines
4.2 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.3 1995/04/23 10:33:34 cgd Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
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.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer
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.\" Science Department.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed by the University of
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.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
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.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
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.\" without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
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.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
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.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
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.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
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.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)boot_hp300.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt BOOT_HP300 8 hp300
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm boot
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.Nd
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system bootstrapping procedures
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Sy Power fail and crash recovery.
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Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes.
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An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed,
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and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
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.Pp
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.Sy Cold starts.
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On an HP300, the boot procedure uses the boot ROM to load a boot program
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from an
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.Tn LIF
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format directory at the beginning of an attached disk.
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The
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.Pa /usr/mdec
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directory contains a disk boot programs which should be placed in a
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new pack automatically by
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.Xr newfs 8
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when the ``a'' partition file system on the pack is created.
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.Pp
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This
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.Em boot
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program
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finds the corresponding file on the given device
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.Pf ( Ar netbsd
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by default),
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loads that file into memory,
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and starts the program at the entry address specified in the program header.
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.Pp
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The boot program can be interrupted by typing `^C' (ctrl-C).
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This will force the boot program to interactively prompt for a system to boot.
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If not interrupted, it will boot from the device from which the boot
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program itself was loaded.
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.Pp
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The file specifications used for an interactive boot are of the form:
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.Pp
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.Dl device(unit, minor)
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.Pp
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where
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.Ar device
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is the type of the device to be searched,
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.Ar unit
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is 8 * the hpib number plus the unit number of the disk or tape,
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and
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.Ar minor
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is the disk partition or tape file number.
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Normal line editing characters can be used when typing the file specification.
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Currently, ``rd'' and ``sd'' are the only valid
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.Ar device
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specifiers.
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.Pp
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For example,
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to boot from the `a' file system of unit 0 on HP-IB 2,
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type
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.Ql rd(16, 0)netbsd
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to the boot prompt.
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For tapes, the minor device number gives a file offset.
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.Pp
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In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the paper
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.%T Installing 4.3bsd on the HP300
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can be used to boot from a distribution tape.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/installboot -compact
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.It Pa /netbsd
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system code
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootrd
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.Tn LIF
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format boot block
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/installboot
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program to install boot blocks
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr halt 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8
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