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[src/netbsd-1-6]: src/share/man/man8/man8.sun2 Pull up revision 1.4 (requeste...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/2c23fb56f88a
branches: netbsd-1-6
changeset: 530321:2c23fb56f88a
user: grant <grant%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Mon Jun 16 21:49:51 2003 +0000
description:
Pull up revision 1.4 (requested by fredette in ticket #1278) missed in
last.
diffstat:
share/man/man8/man8.sun2/boot.8 | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diffs (81 lines):
diff -r f14b32d91d75 -r 2c23fb56f88a share/man/man8/man8.sun2/boot.8
--- a/share/man/man8/man8.sun2/boot.8 Mon Jun 16 21:46:12 2003 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man8/man8.sun2/boot.8 Mon Jun 16 21:49:51 2003 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.4.2.2 2003/06/16 21:39:32 grant Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.4.2.3 2003/06/16 21:49:51 grant Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1992, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)boot_sparc.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
-.Dd April 8, 2003
+.Dd April 29, 2003
.Dt BOOT 8 sun2
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm b
.Oo
-.Ar dev
+.Ar dev
.Oo ( Ar cntrl , unit , part )
.Oc
.Oc
@@ -61,9 +61,10 @@
command alone is sufficient to boot the system, as the PROM chooses
a default boot device
.Ar dev
-if none is specified. The PROM chooses the first device present on
+if none is specified.
+The PROM chooses the first device present on
the system from the following ordered list:
-.Pp
+.Pp
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact
sd SCSI disk
ie Intel Ethernet
@@ -84,15 +85,17 @@
.Dq ie(1,,)
to boot off of the second Intel Ethernet in the system.
.Pp
-The unit number specifies one of the many devices attached to a
-controller. The exact meaning and values vary depending on the device name.
+The unit number specifies one of the many devices attached to a
+controller.
+The exact meaning and values vary depending on the device name.
For example,
.Dq sd(,18,)
boots the disk at target 6 on the first SCSI controller, 18 being the target
number 6, multiplied by 4, and given in hexadecimal.
.Pp
-The partition number specifies one of the many partitions on a device. The
-exact meaning and values vary depending on the device name. For example,
+The partition number specifies one of the many partitions on a device.
+The exact meaning and values vary depending on the device name.
+For example,
.Dq sd(,18,1)
boots the second partition on the disk at target 6 on the first SCSI
controller.
@@ -101,7 +104,8 @@
.Pa /usr/mdec/bootxx
(for a disk boot), or
.Pa /usr/mdec/bootyy
-(for a network boot). This first-stage boot program then loads the
+(for a network boot).
+This first-stage boot program then loads the
second-stage boot program from the same device, currently either
.Pa /usr/mdec/ufsboot
(for a disk boot), or
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@
if none is specified).
The second-stage disk boot program
.Pa /usr/mdec/ufsboot
-loads the kernel from the same device that it was loaded from,
+loads the kernel from the same device that it was loaded from,
while the second-stage network boot program
.Pa /usr/mdec/netboot
will load the kernel
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