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37*dae97b56Ssevan.Dd September 1, 2019
38e19fe0deSdeberg.Dt BOOT 8 next68k
39e19fe0deSdeberg.Os
40e19fe0deSdeberg.Sh NAME
41e19fe0deSdeberg.Nm boot
42e19fe0deSdeberg.Nd
43e19fe0deSdebergsystem bootstrapping procedures
44e19fe0deSdeberg.Sh DESCRIPTION
45839a072bSreed.Ss Power fail and crash recovery
46e19fe0deSdebergNormally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes.
47e19fe0deSdebergAn automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed,
48e19fe0deSdebergand unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
49839a072bSreed.Ss Cold starts
50*dae97b56SsevanOn a NeXT, the boot procedure uses the boot ROM to load a boot program
51e19fe0deSdebergover the network using BOOTP and TFTP.
52e19fe0deSdebergThe
53e19fe0deSdeberg.Pa /usr/mdec
54e19fe0deSdebergdirectory contains a network boot program which should be made available
55e19fe0deSdebergvia
56e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr tftp 1 .
57e19fe0deSdebergThe network boot program will load
58e19fe0deSdeberg.Pa netbsd
59e19fe0deSdebergfrom the NFS root as determined by the procedure described in
60e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr diskless 8 .
61e19fe0deSdeberg.Sh FILES
62e19fe0deSdeberg.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/installboot -compact
63e19fe0deSdeberg.It Pa /netbsd
64e19fe0deSdebergsystem code
65e19fe0deSdeberg.It Pa /usr/mdec/boot
66e19fe0deSdebergboot program for NFS (diskless) boot
67e19fe0deSdeberg.El
68e19fe0deSdeberg.Sh SEE ALSO
69e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr halt 8 ,
70e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr init 8 ,
71e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr rc 8 ,
72e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr reboot 8 ,
73e19fe0deSdeberg.Xr shutdown 8
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