Module Name: src
Committed By: jym
Date: Sun Mar 27 01:01:07 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/sbin/gpt: gpt.8
Log Message:
Document biosboot. Xref boot(8) and installboot(8).
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8
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Index: src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8
diff -u src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.6 src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.7
--- src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.6 Wed Feb 9 05:11:15 2011
+++ src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8 Sun Mar 27 01:01:07 2011
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.6 2011/02/09 05:11:15 schnoebe Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.7 2011/03/27 01:01:07 jym Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Marcel Moolenaar
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8,v 1.17 2006/06/22 22:22:32 marcel Exp $
.\"
-.Dd June 22, 2006
+.Dd March 27, 2011
.Dt GPT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -131,6 +131,27 @@
and
.Cm windows
as aliases for the most commonly used partition types.
+.\" ==== biosboot ====
+.It Nm Ic biosboot Oo Fl c Ar bootcode Oc Oo Fl i Ar index Oc Ar device ...
+The
+.Ic biosboot
+command allows the user to configure the partition that contains the
+primary bootstrap program, used during
+.Xr boot 8 .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fl c
+option allows the user to specify the filename that
+.Nm
+should read the bootcode from.
+The default is to read from
+.Pa /usr/mdec/mbr_gpt .
+.Pp
+The
+.Fl i
+option selects the partition that should contain the primary
+bootstrap code, as installed via
+.Xr installboot 8 .
.\" ==== create ====
.It Nm Ic create Oo Fl fp Oc Ar device ...
The
@@ -274,7 +295,9 @@
option.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr boot 8 ,
.Xr fdisk 8 ,
+.Xr installboot 8 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8 ,
.Xr swapon 8
