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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/man8.atari/installboot.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/man8.atari/installboot.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6ed6c5ea --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/man8.atari/installboot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.14 2017/02/17 22:30:28 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Paul Kranenburg. +.\" +.\" 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 NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. 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 FOUNDATION 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 February 17, 2017 +.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8 atari +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm installboot +.Nd install a bootstrap on an FFS filesystem partition +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm /usr/mdec/installboot +.Op Fl Nmtuv +.Ar device +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +prepares the +.Pq physically +first partition on a device for boot-strapping from the TOS-ROM. +The bootstrap is written into the bootblock area on the partition, right +in front of the disk pack label, and hence limited in size to +.Dv LABELOFFSET +bytes. +A disk pack label should be created +.Po +see +.Xr disklabel 8 +.Pc +before installing the bootstrap. +.Pp +The bootstrap is split into three parts: a small first-stage program +that resides in the +.Pq physically +first 512 bytes on the device +.Pq as specified by Atari Corp. , +a second-stage program that immediately follows the first-stage +program, and a third-stage program that resides on the root filesystem. +The first-stage program is loaded into memory by the ROM. +After receiving control, it loads the second-stage program and the +disk label. +The second-stage boot program uses the stand-alone +filesystem code in +.Dq libsa.a +to load the third-stage boot program from the root-filesystem on the device. +The third-stage boot program then loads the kernel. +The prototype code for the first-stage boot program can be found in +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/fdboot +.Pq floppy disk code , +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/sdboot +.Pq SCSI disk code +and +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/wdboot +.Pq IDE disk code . +The second-stage boot program is stored in +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/bootxx . +and the third-stage boot program is stored in +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/boot.atari . +The boot code for Milan machines is different from the other machines and +the files for the Milan can be found in the directory +.Pa /usr/mdec/milan . +Note that the Milan uses the SCSI disk code for both SCSI and IDE disks. +.Pp +For backwards compatibility with the vendor specific AHDI disk +label, a\ special first-stage boot program is provided in +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/xxboot.ahdi . +Together with the general second-stage boot program, it is installed +in the AHDI partition where the +.Nx +disk label lives. +Furthermore, +the AHDI specifications require an additional bootstrap, which is +written into the AHDI root sector +.Pq disk block zero . +The prototype code for this AHDI compliant bootstrap can be found in +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/sdb00t.ahdi +and +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/wdb00t.ahdi , +or the equivalents in +.Pa /usr/mdec/milan . +.Pp +Perform the following steps to make a file system bootable: +.Bl -enum +.It +Copy the secondary bootstrap (either +.Pa /usr/mdec/std/boot.atari +or +.Pa /usr/mdec/milan/boot.atari ) +to the root directory of the target file system. +.It +Use +.Nm +to install the primary and secondary bootstrap programs +(from +.Pa /usr/mdec/std +or +.Pa /usr/mdec/milan ) +into the +.Ar filesystem . +.El +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl N +Do not actually write anything on the disk. +.It Fl m +Use Milan boot code. +.It Fl t +Number of tracks per cylinder (IDE disk). +.It Fl u +Number of sectors per track (IDE disk). +.It Fl v +Verbose mode. +.El +.Pp +The arguments are: +.Bl -tag -width device +.It Ar device +The name of the device on which the bootstrap is to be installed. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following command will install the first-stage and second-stage +boot programs in the bootblock area on +.Dq sd0c : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +installboot sd0 +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr atari/bootpref 8 , +.Xr disklabel 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command first appeared in +.Nx 1.1 +.Sh BUGS +.Nm +knows too much about kernel internal details, forcing it to +check the running kernel's release and revision. +.Pp +Because neither the floppy disk driver nor +.Xr disklabel 8 +are capable of creating a disk pack label on a floppy disk, +.Nm +has to create a\ fictitious label, that is not used by the kernel. +.Pp +Except for installation of the bootcode on floppy, +.Nm +automatically sets the boot preference in NVRAM to +.Nx . |
