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+.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec
+.\" from a DocBook document.  docbook2man-spec can be found at:
+.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> 
+.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, 
+.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
+.TH "ABOOT.CONF" "5" "16 Juli 2003" "aboot.conf" ""
+.SH NAME
+aboot.conf \- The configuration file for aboot(8)
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+
+\fIaboot.conf\fR contains a list of boot settings
+for \fBaboot\fR(8). Each boot setting
+has a unique number which can be supplied at the SRM-Prompt.
+.
+.PP
+\fIaboot.conf\fR must be in a directory called
+\fIetc\fR on the \fBsame partition\fR
+as your kernels reside on unless you explicitly list the partitions
+for your kernels (see below for details). So if you create a separate
+boot partition (called \fI/boot\fR) then
+\fIaboot.conf\fR should reside in \fI/boot/etc/\fR.
+.PP
+In the following example the kernels reside on a different partition (hda4)
+then \fI/\fR belongs to (hda5) while in the fourth
+line \fI/boot\fR is on the same partition (hda6) as
+\fI/\fR.
+Therefore \fIaboot.conf\fR can be located on any of the
+three partitions but \fBalways\fR in a directory
+\fIetc\fR at the top level of the file system on that
+partition. You can change the partition to use with
+\fBabootconf\fR(8).
+.PP
+.SS "EXAMPLE ABOOT.CONF"
+.sp
+.RS
+.sp
+.nf
+0:4/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
+1:4/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 single
+2:4/vmlinuz.old ro root=/dev/hda5
+3:4/vmlinuz-2.4.9-32 root=/dev/sdc3 initrd=/initrd-2.4.9-32.img console=tty0
+8:6/boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda6
+.sp
+.fi
+.RE
+.sp
+.PP
+The first number is a unique identifier for each boot configuration.
+To boot a certain configuration at the SRM-Prompt you would issue
+.PP
+\fBboot \fIdka0 -fl "0"\fB\fR
+.PP
+where dka0 has to be replaced by your boot device and the boot configuration
+(0 in this case) can be replaced by any defined in 
+\fIetc/aboot.conf\fR.
+.PP
+After the colon the number of the partition the kernel resides on is given. 1
+corresponds to the BSD partition labeled A:, 2 to B: and so on. 
+.PP
+After the slash the name of the kernel to boot is given, including a possible
+path. If your kernel does not reside on a file system but is located directly
+after \fBaboot\fR at the beginning of the hard disk
+you would omit the number, the slash and the kernel name.
+.PP
+Next the name of the partition to mount as \fI/\fR is given.
+Other kernel parameters follow as required. As shown also an initrd can be
+specified.
+.PP
+The contents of this file can be shown before booting if necessary by
+using the interactive
+mode of \fBaboot\fR(8) (booting with the flag "i")
+and then issuing "h" at the \fBaboot\fR-prompt.
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann
+<kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux project but
+may be used by others.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.PP
+\fBaboot\fR(8), \fBabootconf\fR(8), \fBswriteboot\fR(8), HP SRM Manual