Module Name: src
Committed By: mrg
Date: Wed Apr 11 07:13:18 UTC 2018
Modified Files:
src/sbin/gpt: gpt.8
Log Message:
add information about how to boot from gpt. mostly taken from the wiki.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.58 -r1.59 src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8
diff -u src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.58 src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.59
--- src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8:1.58 Mon Mar 19 09:06:20 2018
+++ src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8 Wed Apr 11 07:13:18 2018
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.58 2018/03/19 09:06:20 mlelstv Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.59 2018/04/11 07:13:18 mrg 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 January 15, 2018
+.Dd March 5, 2018
.Dt GPT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -716,6 +716,25 @@ nas# gpt show -l wd3
3907029167 1 Sec GPT header
nas#
.Ed
+.Pp
+Booting from GPT on an BIOS system.
+This creates a bootable partition that can be manually installed to.
+Note that
+.Xr sysinst 8
+does not yet properly support this setup.
+.Bd -literal
+xotica# gpt create wd1
+xotica# gpt add -b 1024 -l bootroot -t ffs -s 1g wd1
+/dev/rwd1: Partition 1 added: 49f48d5a-b10e-11dc-b99b-0019d1879648 1024 2097152
+xotica ~# dmesg | tail -2
+wd1: GPT GUID: 660e0630-0a3f-47c0-bc52-c88bcec79392
+dk0 at wd1: "bootroot", 2097152 blocks at 1024, type: ffs
+xotica# gpt biosboot -L bootroot wd1
+xotica# newfs dk0
+xotica# installboot /dev/rdk0 /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1
+xotica# mount /dev/dk0 /mnt
+xotica# cp /usr/mdec/boot /mnt
+.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr boot 8 ,
.Xr dkctl 8 ,
@@ -723,7 +742,7 @@ nas#
.Xr installboot 8 ,
.Xr mount 8 ,
.Xr newfs 8 ,
-.Xr swapon 8
+.Xr swapctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
