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- <refentry id="abootconf">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>abootconf</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
- <refmiscinfo>abootconf</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>abootconf</refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Configure the location of the configuration file for the secondary boot
- loader <application>aboot</application>(8) for Linux/Alpha.
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>abootconf</command> <arg choice="plain">/dev/xxx num</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1><title>COPYRIGHT</title>
- <para>
- <application>abootconf</application> is Copyright (C) 1996 Linus Torvalds, David Mosberger-Tang and Michael Schwingen
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>DESCRIPTIONS</title>
- <para>
- <indexterm><primary>abootconf</primary></indexterm>
- <indexterm><primary>aboot</primary></indexterm>
- <application>abootconf</application> is used to change the partition<indexterm><primary>partition
- </primary></indexterm>
- the alpha Linux boot loader <application>aboot</application>(8)
- looks for its configuration file in. The configuration file is stored
- in <filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename>(5)
- relative to the root of the file system in this partition.
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>abootconf</application> requires the boot device
- (e.g. <filename>/dev/hdb</filename>, <filename>/dev/sda</filename>) and the
- partition
- to be used (e.g. 3). Thus if you want to boot from partition E: on your second
- SCSI disk you would enter</para>
- <para>
- <command>
- abootconf <parameter>/dev/sdb 5</parameter>
- </command>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>NOTES</title>
- <para>
- <application>abootconf</application> is not needed if you are booting
- your alpha system via <application>milo</application>.
- </para>
- <para>
- For each disk one partition can be activated to contain the configuration
- for <application>aboot</application>(8) which is located in
- <filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename>(5).
- The disk chosen to boot from is selected at
- the SRM prompt as the second argument, e.g.
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>
- boot <parameter>dqa</parameter>
- </command>
- </para>
- <para>
- to boot from your first IDE hard disk. See the HP SRM-Manual and
- <application>aboot</application>(8)
- for details.
- </para>
- <para>
- <application>aboot</application>(8) can load a kernel from an
- arbitrary partition and can even use a different
- root partition than the one <filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename>
- belongs to. Hence you would usually
- set up one <filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename> with all combinations and
- would not require <application>abootconf</application> except for initial
- set up. You can then
- boot the requested
- Linux kernel by giving the appropriate flags at the SRM prompt, e.g. to boot
- the entry labeled 2 you would use
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>
- boot <parameter>dqa -fl "2"</parameter>
- </command>
- </para>
- <para>
- See the HP SRM manual and <filename>aboot.conf</filename>(5)
- for details.
- </para>
- <para>
- To show the current setting simply omit the last argument (i.e. the partition
- number).
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that you have to rerun <application>abootconf</application> if you updated
- <application>aboot</application>(8).
- </para>
- <para>
- Strictly speaking <application>abootconf</application> is not necessary as
- you can specify the partition which <filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename>
- resides on at the SRM-Prompt by prepending the partition number and a colon
- in the flags-parameter, i.e. if <filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename>
- resided on the fourth partition and you want to boot the entry labeled 2
- you could also issue
- </para>
- <para>
- <command>
- boot <parameter>dqa -fl "4:2"</parameter>
- </command>
- </para>
- <para>
- at the SRM prompt.
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that this applies to Linux only as <ProductName>VMS</ProductName>, <ProductName>Tru64</ProductName>, *BSD and
- <ProductName>Windows NT</ProductName> each have their own secondary boot loader.
- </para>
- <para>
- Also note that for initial hard disk setup <application>abootconf</application>
- is no longer needed as <application>swriteboot</application>(8) contains the
- entire functionality of <application>abootconf</application>.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>AUTHOR</title>
- <para>
- This man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann <email>debian@helgefjell.de</email> for the Debian GNU/Linux project but may be used by others.
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>FILES</title>
- <para><filename>etc/aboot.conf</filename></para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <para><application>aboot</application>(8), <application>swriteboot</application>(8), <filename>aboot.conf</filename>(5), HP SRM Manual (<ULink URL="http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/download/srm_reference.pdf"></ULink>)</para>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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