Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Mon May 18 14:46:51 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.i386: dosboot.8
Log Message:
New sentence, new line. Use \e for a backslash.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.19 -r1.20 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8
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Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8:1.19 src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8:1.20
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8:1.19 Wed Mar 11 19:26:09 2009
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.i386/dosboot.8 Mon May 18 14:46:51 2009
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: dosboot.8,v 1.19 2009/03/11 19:26:09 joerg Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: dosboot.8,v 1.20 2009/05/18 14:46:51 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997
.\" Matthias Drochner. All rights reserved.
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
.Nm
is an
.Tn MS-DOS
-program. It is a boot loader for
+program.
+It is a boot loader for
.Nx Ns Tn /i386
designed to permit
.Nx
to be booted directly from
.Tn MS-DOS .
-By default, it boots a file with
-name
+By default, it boots a file with name
.Pa NETBSD
in the current
.Tn MS-DOS
@@ -60,10 +60,6 @@
.Pp
The recognized options are:
.Bl -tag -width -ads -offset 04n
-.It Fl u
-Boot from a UFS filesystem instead of an
-.Tn MS-DOS
-filesystem.
.It Fl c
Execute
.Ar command
@@ -72,9 +68,13 @@
Enter interactive mode.
.Nm
will present a prompt, allowing input of commands (see below).
-.Pp
-.It Pa path
-Specifies the kernel file. In
+.It Fl u
+Boot from a UFS filesystem instead of an
+.Tn MS-DOS
+filesystem.
+.It Ar path
+Specifies the kernel file.
+In
.Tn MS-DOS
mode (default) a normal
.Tn MS-DOS
@@ -85,13 +85,14 @@
.Ic mode ufs
command), a path in a
.Nx
-filesystem
-is expected. By default, the file is looked up in partition 'a' of
-the first harddisk. Another device or partition can be specified
+filesystem is expected.
+By default, the file is looked up in partition
+.Sq a
+of the first harddisk.
+Another device or partition can be specified
by prepending a block device name in terms of
.Nx ,
-followed
-by a colon (see
+followed by a colon (see
.Xr boot 8
and examples).
.It Fl adqsv
@@ -125,8 +126,10 @@
.It Ic ls Op Pa path
Print a directory listing of
.Pa path ,
-containing inode number, filename and file type. This command works in
-UFS mode only. path can contain a device specification.
+containing inode number, filename and file type.
+This command works in UFS mode only.
+.Pa path
+can contain a device specification.
.It Ic mode Va fstype
Switch filesystem type;
.Va fstype
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@
.Tn MS-DOS
drive D, one would issue:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-dosboot D:\\NODOS\\NETBSD
+dosboot D:\eNODOS\eNETBSD
.Ed
.Pp
To boot from a
@@ -176,8 +179,8 @@
.Nx 1.3 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
-assumes that the processor is in real mode at startup. It does not work
-well in the presence of
+assumes that the processor is in real mode at startup.
+It does not work well in the presence of
.Tn MS-DOS
extenders and memory managers.
.Pp
