Module Name: src
Committed By: kim
Date: Sun Aug 9 18:54:59 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.x86: boot.8
Log Message:
Fix cross-refs to x86/mbr that were still missing x86
Additionally made some typo fixes, and added some vertical whitespace
to lists that felt crowded. Unified markup for displaying commands.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.21 -r1.22 src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8
diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.21 src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.22
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.21 Wed Jul 15 12:38:30 2020
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8 Sun Aug 9 18:54:59 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.21 2020/07/15 12:38:30 kim Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.22 2020/08/09 18:54:59 kim Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ The default
.Va device
will be set to the disk from which the boot loader was loaded.
The partition is set to the first match in this list:
-.Bl -enum -compact
+.Bl -enum
.It
The first
.Xr gpt 8
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ The first partition with a file system t
.It
The first partition.
.El
+.Pp
To boot from an alternate disk, the full name of the device should
be given at the prompt.
.Va device
@@ -213,10 +214,9 @@ is the unit number, and
.Va x
is the partition letter.
.Pp
-In the later case, the following list of supported devices may
+In the latter case, the following list of supported devices may
vary from installation to installation:
-.Pp
-.Bl -hang -compact
+.Bl -hang
.It hd
Hard disks as numbered by the BIOS.
This includes ST506, IDE, ESDI, RLL disks on a WD100[2367] or
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ directory in a
formatted partition of type
.Tn EFI
(Either
-.Xr mbr 8
+.Xr x86/mbr 8
and
.Xr gpt 8 ,
see the
@@ -839,10 +839,10 @@ disklabel (if it is a hard disk).
.Pp
.Tn UEFI
implementation are supposed to support either
-.Xr mbr 8
+.Xr x86/mbr 8
or
.Xr gpt 8
-partitionning, but some do not handle the later.
+partitioning, but some do not handle the latter.
.Tn UEFI
Booting
from a
@@ -851,17 +851,20 @@ partitioned disk is still possible in th
an overlapping
.Tn EFI
partition in the protective
-.Xr mbr 8
+.Xr x86/mbr 8
block.
This can be achieved using the following commands
(you must adapt the hard disk and
.Tn EFI
partition start end size to fit your setup):
-.Dl Ic dd if=/dev/rwd0d bs=512 count=1 of=mbr
-.Dl Ic fdisk -FIfaui1s 4/34/32768 -c /usr/mdec/mbr mbr
-.Dl Ic dd if=mbr bs=512 count=1 of=/dev/rwd0d conv=notrunc
+.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
+.Cm dd if=/dev/rwd0d bs=512 count=1 of=mbr
+.Cm fdisk -FIfaui1s 4/34/32768 -c /usr/mdec/mbr mbr
+.Cm dd if=mbr bs=512 count=1 of=/dev/rwd0d conv=notrunc
+.Ed
+.Pp
The resulting
-.Xr mbr 8
+.Xr x86/mbr 8
partition table will look like this:
.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
0: GPT Protective MBR (sysid 238)
