Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Fri Feb 26 10:44:31 UTC 2021
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga: boot.8 installboot.8
Log Message:
More markup. New sentence, new line.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.17 -r1.18 src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8
cvs rdiff -u -r1.24 -r1.25 src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
copyright notices on the relevant files.
Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8:1.17 src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8:1.18
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8:1.17 Thu Feb 25 03:43:57 2021
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/boot.8 Fri Feb 26 10:44:31 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.17 2021/02/25 03:43:57 rin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.18 2021/02/26 10:44:31 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991 The Regents of the University of California.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ The command line looks like:
.Op Fl n Ar memsegments
.Op Fl I Ar mask
.Ed
-.Pp
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It kernel-path
This gives you the opportunity to boot another kernel, say:
Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8:1.24 src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8:1.25
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8:1.24 Thu Feb 25 03:43:57 2021
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8 Fri Feb 26 10:44:31 2021
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.24 2021/02/25 03:43:57 rin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.25 2021/02/26 10:44:31 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
.Ar device
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm installboot
-copies the bootblock to a bootable partition. The
+copies the bootblock to a bootable partition.
+The
bootstrap is written into the bootblock area on the partition, right
in front of the superblock, and hence limited in size to
8192 bytes.
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ the operator from the boot menu (on Amig
mouse buttons during boot; on DraCo machines, press the left mouse button
when prompted).
.Pp
-On RDB devices, the whole bootblock is loaded by the ROM. The number of
+On RDB devices, the whole bootblock is loaded by the ROM.
+The number of
boot blocks in the RDB partition entry must be correct.
.Pp
On floppy disks, the ROM always loads the first two blocks (1024 bytes),
@@ -108,9 +110,9 @@ If
is accidentally used on the whole disk partition, the RDB will be overwritten,
making your system unusable after the next reboot.
.Pp
-Some third-party accelerator boards are not autoconfiguring. You won't
-be able to use their memory when booting from the bootblock after a cold
-start.
+Some third-party accelerator boards are not autoconfiguring.
+You won't be able to use their memory when booting from the bootblock
+after a cold start.
.Pp
Some third-party disk controllers don't support bootblock booting.
.Pp
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ DraCo ROMs don't support bootblock booti
.Pp
Most 68060 boards, unlike the DraCo, don't set the SysBase->AttnFlags
bit for the 68060 CPU (a patch program which is called during
-AmigaOS startup does this). You need to add options BB060STUPIDROM
+AmigaOS startup does this).
+You need to add
+.Cd options BB060STUPIDROM
to your kernel to boot on such a machine.
.Pp
There is currently no easy way to edit the RDB from within
@@ -128,6 +132,8 @@ set the partition to bootable, "use cust
of bootblocks to 16 (for bootxx_ffsv1 or bootxx_ffsv2) or 2 (for bootxx_fd),
at least the first time you install the bootblock.
.Pp
-As normal dd is used to install the bootblock, you can only install onto
+As normal
+.Xr dd 1
+is used to install the bootblock, you can only install onto
your currently used root (or any other mounted) partition from single-user
mode, or while otherwise running in insecure mode.
