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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man8/cdboot.8 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/cdboot.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/cdboot.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..307100b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/cdboot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,124 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: cdboot.8,v 1.10 2016/03/30 06:58:06 jmc Exp $ +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Tom Cosgrove +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Matthias Drochner +.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Doug White +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 30 2016 $ +.Dt CDBOOT 8 amd64 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cdboot +.Nd amd64-specific second-stage CD-specific bootstrap +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a modified version of the amd64 second-stage bootstrap program, +.Xr boot 8 , +configured to be run by the +.Ox +El Torito CD-ROM boot sector +.Pa cdbr . +.Nm +will look for an +.Pa /etc/boot.conf +configuration +file on the CD-ROM. +If it finds one, it processes the commands within it. +.Pa boot.conf +processing can be skipped by holding down either Control key as +.Nm +starts. +.Pp +.Nm +then sits in a loop, +processing commands given by the user. +It accepts all the commands accepted by +.Xr boot 8 . +.Pp +If no commands are given for a short time, +.Nm +will then attempt to load an +.Ox +kernel from the CD. +It first looks for the install kernel +.Pa bsd.rd +in the standard amd64 release directory +(e.g.\& +.Pa /3.6/amd64/bsd.rd ) , +then for +.Pa /bsd . +It may be told to boot an alternative kernel, +either by commands in the +.Pa boot.conf +file, +or by commands typed by the user at the +.Ic boot> +prompt. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/cdbootxx -compact +.It Pa /usr/mdec/cdboot +CD-specific second-stage bootstrap +.It Pa /etc/boot.conf +.Nm +configuration file (read from CD) +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Boot the install kernel: +.Pp +.Dl boot> bsd.rd +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr boot_amd64 8 , +.Xr mkhybrid 8 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Rs +.%A Curtis E. Stevens +.%A Stan Merkin +.%D January 25, 1995 +.%N Version 1.0 +.%T "El Torito Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification" +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +program first appeared in +.Ox 3.6 . +.Sh CAVEATS +By default, many CD creation programs restrict filenames to +the MS-DOS 8.3 format. +Unless this is changed, +.Nm +will not be able to read its +.Xr boot.conf 8 +file. +For example, with +.Xr mkhybrid 8 +the +.Fl l +option should be specified. +.Sh BUGS +The +.Ic ls +command does not work on ISO 9660 (cd9660) filesystems, +which are used on most CDs. |
