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- .TH "ABOOT" "8" "11 Juli 2002" "aboot" ""
- .SH NAME
- aboot \- The secondary boot loader for Linux/Alpha
- .SH "COPYRIGHT"
- .PP
- \fBaboot\fR is Copyright (C) 1996 Linus Torvalds, David Mosberger-Tang and Michael Schwingen
- .SH "DESCRIPTION"
- .PP
- \fBaboot\fR is the secondary boot loader needed if
- the Linux/Alpha system is booted via SRM. It is usually installed during
- system installation by \fBswriteboot\fR(8).
- .PP
- To automate the booting process predefined boot configurations can be stored
- in \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR(5).
- .PP
- \fBaboot\fR can also be used interactively by issuing
- .PP
- \fBboot \fIdka0 -fl "i"\fB\fR
- .PP
- at the SRM-Prompt where dka0 has to be replaced by the device used.
- .PP
- In the interactive mode you can use the command h to show your current
- \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR and then the appropriate number
- (or a complete boot command as in SRM) to boot Linux.
- .PP
- If you do not want to use the \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR as set
- up by \fBabootconf\fR you can explicitly tell
- \fBaboot\fR where to look for \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR by prepending the number of the configuration with the proper
- partition, i.e. if your \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR is on your
- second partition and you want to boot the entry labeled three you would
- issue
- .PP
- \fBboot \fIdqa -fl "2:3"\fB\fR
- .PP
- Note that this applies to Linux booting via SRM only as
- VMS, Tru64, *BSD and
- Windows NT each have their own secondary boot loader.
- Furthermore \fBaboot\fR is also not needed if the system is booted via
- \fBmilo\fR.
- .SH "AUTHOR"
- .PP
- This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann
- <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux project
- but may be used by others.
- .SH "FILES"
- .PP
- \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .PP
- \fBabootconf\fR(8), \fIaboot.conf\fR(5),
- \fBswriteboot\fR(8), HP SRM Manual
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