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authorgdt <gdt@NetBSD.org>2011-08-03 14:47:28 +0000
committergdt <gdt@NetBSD.org>2011-08-03 14:47:28 +0000
commit0fa5de44fe6a42500a8e36aad0fc6ad88e11a613 (patch)
tree8cf05d51447682293558dd9bd71f1ff847b426a9 /usr.sbin/installboot
parentbdbe6a02d3d9334a2d228107219a9365b4b6eb9a (diff)
Explain how to use -e -v without -o to see the current options.
Caution that installing a new primary bootstrap will reset options to default values.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/installboot')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.811
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8 b/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8
index 7e5188270da..157691c4096 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/installboot/installboot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.76 2011/04/25 07:04:50 martin Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: installboot.8,v 1.77 2011/08/03 14:47:28 gdt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd January 11, 2010
+.Dd August 3, 2011
.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ or disable an existing bootstrap in
.Pp
One some architectures the options of an existing installed bootstrap,
or those of a bootstrap file can be changed.
+Installing a new primary bootstrap will reset those options to default
+values.
.Pp
Generally,
.Nx
@@ -175,6 +177,11 @@ This can be use to change the options in bootxx_xxxfs files,
raw disk partitions, and the
.Pa pxeboot_ia32.bin
file.
+With
+.Fl v
+and without
+.Fl o ,
+show the current options.
.Sy [ amd64 , i386 ]
.
.It Fl f