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author | iru <devnull@localhost> | 2011-07-13 17:50:06 -0300 |
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committer | iru <devnull@localhost> | 2011-07-13 17:50:06 -0300 |
commit | 115e8f0a724e56676c4eb7e36d9fb31f7f67db03 (patch) | |
tree | b4ada4f33d265283cbda02fedd3001bf1437f760 /sys | |
parent | 7dfdb696a68fc9ef02a9d4877475f2206dec1d85 (diff) |
Minor 9boot(8) improvements.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys')
-rw-r--r-- | sys/man/8/9boot | 42 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/9boot b/sys/man/8/9boot index ac5f3caa1..44c1c8c36 100644 --- a/sys/man/8/9boot +++ b/sys/man/8/9boot @@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ .SH NAME 9bootfat, 9bootiso, 9bootpxe \- PC bootloader for FAT, ISO and PXE network booting .SH SYNOPSIS -started by PC BIOS or chainloaded by partition bootsector +Started by PC BIOS or chainloaded by partition bootsector .SH DESCRIPTION 9boot is the bootloader used on PCs to start the Plan 9 kernel. Its task is to read and parse the .IR plan9.ini (8) configuration file, gather some basic system information like -the amount of usable system memory, do some low level system +the amount of usable system memory, do some basic system initialization and load the kernel from the boot media into memory. After reading the configuration, the loader will automatically @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ the file. .BR The word -.B clear [ +.B clear +[ .I prefix ] can be used to remove parameters from the current configuration. @@ -34,8 +35,7 @@ If a is specified, the first parameter that matches the prefix is removed. If the .IR prefix -argument is omited, the whole configuration will be reset. -.BR +argument is omitted, the whole configuration will be reset. The word .B boot will end the console and resume booting the kernel. @@ -46,23 +46,23 @@ was split into a number of distinct programs one for each boot method. .SH FAT BOOTING When booting Plan 9 from a harddisk or USB pen drive, a -FAT16/32 partition ( -.IR 9fat -) is used to store the kernel and +FAT16/32 partition +.IR (9fat) +is used to store the kernel and .IR plan9.ini (8) configuration. Due to size limitations, instead of loading -the kernel directly, the bootsector ( -.IR pbs -) of the FAT partition loads +the kernel directly, the bootsector +.IR (pbs) +of the FAT partition loads a 2nd stage bootloader -.IR 9bootfat +.IR (9bootfat) from the root directory of the filesystem. .SH CD-ROM BOOTING -Booting from CD-ROM requires only +Booting from CD-ROM requires only the .IR 9bootiso -to be included in the ISO-9660 image under +bootloader to be included in the ISO-9660 image under .B 386/9bootiso, -set as a non emulation bootblock (see +set as a non-emulation bootblock (see .IR mk9660 (8)). Boot parameters are read from .B cfg/plan9.ini. @@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ Boot parameters are read from With a PXE capable BIOS and network card one can download .IR 9bootpxe and boot the kernel from a TFTP server (see -.IR dhcpd (8), +.IR dhcpd (8) +and .IR ndb (6) for details). Once started, .IR 9bootpxe @@ -83,15 +84,14 @@ in lower case hex, and use this as its .IR plan9.ini (8) file. .SH FILES -.TP .B /386/pbs -.TP +.br .B /386/9bootfat -.TP +.br .B /386/9bootiso -.TP +.br .B /386/9bootpxe .SH SOURCE -.BR /sys/src/boot/pc . +.BR /sys/src/boot/pc .SH "SEE ALSO" .IR plan9.ini (8) |