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authorcinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2016-05-19 19:49:04 +0200
committercinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2016-05-19 19:49:04 +0200
commit31d509d7a4f9d495473641b046c3c86448b2d980 (patch)
treeed36d3fdb3b97fea266f34dcee56168526b45460
parent1216c06c3bdf3f3fb953ec96de99e026ef318360 (diff)
9boot(8): document 9boothyb
-rw-r--r--sys/man/8/9boot14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/9boot b/sys/man/8/9boot
index e6a933901..64d1f0c60 100644
--- a/sys/man/8/9boot
+++ b/sys/man/8/9boot
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH 9BOOT 8
.SH NAME
-9bootfat, 9bootiso, 9bootpxe, bootia32.efi, bootx64.efi, efiboot.fat \- PC bootloader for FAT, ISO and PXE network booting
+9bootfat, 9bootiso, 9boothyb, 9bootpxe, bootia32.efi, bootx64.efi, efiboot.fat \- PC bootloader for FAT, ISO and PXE network booting
.SH SYNOPSIS
Started by PC BIOS/EFI or chainloaded by partition bootsector
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ in
.IR mk9660 (8)).
Boot parameters are read from
.BR /cfg/plan9.ini .
+.SH ISO HYBRID BOOTING
+With the
+.I 9boothyb
+loader, a ISO image can be made into a bootable disk by
+creating a MBR and appending a bootable DOS partition containing
+.I 9boothyb
+renamed to
+.IR 9bootfat .
+The loader will read the ISO filesystem as it where stored
+on a CD-ROM drive.
.SH NETWORK BOOTING
With a PXE capable BIOS and network card one can download
.IR 9bootpxe
@@ -142,6 +152,8 @@ loaders.
.br
.B /386/9bootiso
.br
+.B /386/9boothyb
+.br
.B /386/9bootpxe
.br
.B /386/bootia32.efi