Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sun Jan 22 16:41:42 UTC 2012
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint: altboot.8
Log Message:
New sentence, new line. Avoid unnecessary macros.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.6 -r1.7 src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint/altboot.8
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Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint/altboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint/altboot.8:1.6 src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint/altboot.8:1.7
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint/altboot.8:1.6 Sun Jan 22 15:37:23 2012
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.sandpoint/altboot.8 Sun Jan 22 16:41:42 2012
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: altboot.8,v 1.6 2012/01/22 15:37:23 phx Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: altboot.8,v 1.7 2012/01/22 16:41:42 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -95,25 +95,30 @@ The invocation syntax is:
where
.Ar N
is a string of digits, which defines the number of connected drives on each
-PATA channel. This option is useful to avoid the delays, when
+PATA channel.
+This option is useful to avoid the delays, when
.Nm
-is trying to detect a non-existing drive. Examples:
+is trying to detect a non-existing drive.
+Examples:
.Bl -tag -width xx
.It ide: Ns Ar 10
-A single master drive on the first channel. Nothing on the second channel.
+A single master drive on the first channel.
+Nothing on the second channel.
.It ide: Ns Ar 22
A master and slave drive on both channels of the first controller.
.It ide: Ns Ar 1111
-A master drive on each channel. The first two digits belong to the first
+A master drive on each channel.
+The first two digits belong to the first
controller, the last two to the second controller.
.El
.Pp
Unspecified digits will be read as
-.Ar 0 Ns .
+.Ar 0 .
The
.Ar ide
-option has only a meaning for PATA disks. Omitting it makes it default to
-.Ar ide:10 Ns .
+option has only a meaning for PATA disks.
+Omitting it makes it default to
+.Ar ide:10 .
.Pp
.It Va optN
multi, auto, ask, single, ddb, userconf, norm, quiet, verb,
@@ -134,8 +139,8 @@ One of the following:
.Dl nfs:
.Dl tftp: Ns Ar filename
.Dl tftp:
-.Dl wd Ns Ar Np Ns : Ns Ar filename
-.Dl wd Ns Ar Np Ns :
+.Dl wd Ns Ar Np : Ns Ar filename
+.Dl wd Ns Ar Np :
.Dl mem: Ns Ar address
.Dl net:
.Pp
@@ -233,28 +238,31 @@ When
is lacking important commands like
.Tn cp
or
-.Tn go Ns ,
+.Tn go ,
or is unable to save the enviroment, then there is still the option to
replace the
.Tn Linux
kernel module by
.Pa altboot.img
-and save it to the same address in flash ROM. In this case you have only
-two options left to pass arguments:
+and save it to the same address in flash ROM.
+In this case you have only two options left to pass arguments:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
Enter the interactive command line mode, after
.Nm
-has started. This requires a serial console.
+has started.
+This requires a serial console.
.It
Write a fixed command line into flash, replacing the
.Tn Linux
-initrd image. The command line is a normal
+initrd image.
+The command line is a normal
.Tn ASCII
file, started by the identifier
.Em altboot:
-and terminated by any control character between 0 and 31. Example:
+and terminated by any control character between 0 and 31.
+Example:
.Dl altboot:silent ide:1111 wd0:netbsd
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
