From 3a96085b999220c4da0c5ef7d1f7ba26b9ddfb98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Waldemar Brodkorb Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:47:16 +0100 Subject: dec-multia: make netboot possible, add aboot bootloader --- package/aboot/src/doc/man/aboot.conf.5 | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/aboot/src/doc/man/aboot.conf.5 (limited to 'package/aboot/src/doc/man/aboot.conf.5') diff --git a/package/aboot/src/doc/man/aboot.conf.5 b/package/aboot/src/doc/man/aboot.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b3cb49393 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/aboot/src/doc/man/aboot.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec +.\" from a DocBook document. docbook2man-spec can be found at: +.\" +.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, +.\" etc. to Steve Cheng . +.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 + 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 -- cgit v1.2.3