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diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0303542 --- /dev/null +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_hp300.8 @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer +.\" Science Department. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS 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 REGENTS 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)boot_hp300.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 +.\" +.Dd April 19, 1994 +.Dt BOOT_HP300 8 hp300 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm boot +.Nd +system bootstrapping procedures +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Sy Power fail and crash recovery. +Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. +An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed, +and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations. +.Pp +.Sy Cold starts. +On an HP300, the boot procedure uses the boot ROM to load a boot program +from an +.Tn LIF +format directory at the beginning of an attached disk. +The +.Pa /usr/mdec +directory contains a disk boot programs which should be placed in a +new pack automatically by +.Xr newfs 8 +when the ``a'' partition file system on the pack is created. +.Pp +This +.Em boot +program +finds the corresponding file on the given device +.Pf ( Ar vmunix +by default), +loads that file into memory, +and starts the program at the entry address specified in the program header. +.Pp +The boot program can be interrupted by typing `^C' (ctrl-C). +This will force the boot program to interactively prompt for a system to boot. +If not interrupted, it will boot from the device from which the boot +program itself was loaded. +.Pp +The file specifications used for an interactive boot are of the form: +.Pp +.Dl device(unit, minor) +.Pp +where +.Ar device +is the type of the device to be searched, +.Ar unit +is 8 * the hpib number plus the unit number of the disk or tape, +and +.Ar minor +is the disk partition or tape file number. +Normal line editing characters can be used when typing the file specification. +Currently, ``rd'' and ``sd'' are the only valid +.Ar device +specifiers. +.Pp +For example, +to boot from the `a' file system of unit 0 on HP-IB 2, +type +.Ql rd(16, 0)vmunix +to the boot prompt. +For tapes, the minor device number gives a file offset. +.Pp +In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the paper +.%T Installing 4.3bsd on the HP300 +can be used to boot from a distribution tape. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/installboot -compact +.It Pa /vmunix +system code +.It Pa /usr/mdec/bootrd +.Tn LIF +format boot block +.It Pa /usr/mdec/installboot +program to install boot blocks +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr halt 8 , +.Xr reboot 8 , +.Xr shutdown 8 |