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/isomarkboot.8 | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/aboot/src/doc/man/isomarkboot.8 (limited to 'package/aboot/src/doc/man/isomarkboot.8') diff --git a/package/aboot/src/doc/man/isomarkboot.8 b/package/aboot/src/doc/man/isomarkboot.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..9d1100c30 --- /dev/null +++ b/package/aboot/src/doc/man/isomarkboot.8 @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +.\" 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 "ISOMARKBOOT" "8" "17 Januar 2003" "isomarkboot" "" +.SH NAME +isomarkboot \- Create bootable CD-ROMs for Linux/Alpha systems. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.sp +\fBisomarkboot\fR \fB/dev/xxx\fR \fBpath/to/bootlx\fR [ \fBpath/to/root.bin\fR ] +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +.PP +\fBisomarkboot\fR is Copyright (C) 1996 David Mosberger-Tang +.SH "DESCRIPTIONS" +.PP + +\fBisomarkboot\fR +enables ISO images created with \fBmkisofs\fR(8) or +retrieved from the net +to be booted on Linux/Alpha systems. +.PP +First you have to prepare your ISO image and mount it loopback on +\fI/dev/xxx\fR (typically \fI/dev/loop0\fR) +(see \fBmount\fR(8) for details). +.PP +Next you need to locate the aboot-loader (called \fIbootlx\fR) +and the ram disk image containing the root file system (the latter is optional +but usually sensible to specify) which is often called +\fIroot.bin\fR within your ISO image. +.PP +Finally enable the image to be booted: +.PP +\fBisomarkboot \fI/dev/xxx path/to/bootlx path/to/root.bin\fB\fR +.PP +A typical location of \fIbootlx\fR on the disk image is +\fIboot/bootlx\fR. The path of \fIbootlx\fR +and \fIroot.bin\fR are relative to the root of the image. If +your image is not mounted you have to replace \fI/dev/xxx\fR +with the path to the image. +.PP +Finally you have to burn the CD using e.g. +\fBxcdroast\fR after unmounting the image. +.SH "BUGS" +.PP +\fBisomarkboot\fR is currently only available on +Linux/Alpha systems though it can be compiled and used with minor +modifications on other platforms as well. +.SH "NOTES" +.PP +\fBisomarkboot\fR is capable of handling symlinks +within the image. +.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), \fBmkisofs\fR(8) -- cgit v1.2.3