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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/man8.prep/boot.8 3.html b/static/netbsd/man8/man8.prep/boot.8 3.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..aa126c52 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/man8.prep/boot.8 3.html @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">BOOT(8)</td> + <td class="head-vol">System Manager's Manual (prep)</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">BOOT(8)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">boot</code> — <span class="Nd">system + bootstrapping procedures</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> +<table class="Nm"> + <tr> + <td><code class="Nm">boot</code></td> + <td></td> + </tr> +</table> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<section class="Ss"> +<h2 class="Ss" id="Power_fail_and_crash_recovery"><a class="permalink" href="#Power_fail_and_crash_recovery">Power + fail and crash recovery</a></h2> +<p class="Pp">Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after + crashes. An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be + performed as described in <a class="Xr">fsck(8)</a>, and unless this fails, + the system will resume multi-user operations.</p> +</section> +<section class="Ss"> +<h2 class="Ss" id="Cold_starts"><a class="permalink" href="#Cold_starts">Cold + starts</a></h2> +<p class="Pp">The prep architecture does not allow the direct booting of a + kernel from the hard drive. Instead it requires a complete boot image to be + loaded. This boot image contains a <span class="Ux">NetBSD</span> kernel, + which will then provide access to the devices on the machine. The image can + be placed on any device that the firmware considers a bootable device. + Usually this is either a SCSI disk, tape, CD-ROM, or floppy drive.</p> +</section> +<section class="Ss"> +<h2 class="Ss" id="Boot_program_options"><a class="permalink" href="#Boot_program_options">Boot + program options</a></h2> +<p class="Pp">The prep architecture and bootloader does not support any option + parsing at the boot prompt.</p> +</section> +<section class="Ss"> +<h2 class="Ss" id="Boot_partition"><a class="permalink" href="#Boot_partition">Boot + partition</a></h2> +<p class="Pp">The prep port requires a special boot partition on the primary + boot device in order to load the kernel. This partition consists of a + PC-style i386 partition label, a small bootloader, and a kernel image. The + prep firmware looks for a partition of type 0x41 (65) and expects the + bootloader, immediately followed by the kernel, to be there. The + <a class="Xr">prep/mkbootimage(8)</a> command needs to be used to generate + this image.</p> +</section> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="FILES"><a class="permalink" href="#FILES">FILES</a></h1> +<dl class="Bl-tag Bl-compact"> + <dt><span class="Pa">/netbsd</span></dt> + <dd>system code</dd> + <dt><span class="Pa">/usr/mdec/boot</span></dt> + <dd>system bootstrap</dd> + <dt><span class="Pa">/usr/mdec/boot_com0</span></dt> + <dd>system bootstrap with serial console</dd> +</dl> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">disklabel(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">fsck(8)</a>, + <a class="Xr">halt(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">init(8)</a>, + <a class="Xr">installboot(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">prep/mkbootimage(8)</a>, + <a class="Xr">rc(8)</a>, <a class="Xr">shutdown(8)</a>, + <a class="Xr">syslogd(8)</a></p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">February 17, 2017</td> + <td class="foot-os">NetBSD 10.1</td> + </tr> +</table> |
