1.\" $NetBSD: bootpref.8,v 1.11 2009/03/11 13:52:49 joerg Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Julian Coleman. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd January 11, 1998 31.Dt BOOTPREF 8 atari 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm bootpref 35.Nd set NVRAM boot preference 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm bootpref 38.Op -v 39.Op -b os 40.Op -d delay 41.Op -l lang 42.Op -k kbd 43.Op -s id 44.Op -f fmt 45.Op -1 46.Op -2 47.Op -e sep 48.Op -c colours 49.Op -n 50.Op -p 51.Op -t 52.Op -v 53.Op -4 54.Op -8 55.Op -o 56.Op -O 57.Op -x 58.Op -X 59.Op -i 60.Op -I 61.Sh DESCRIPTION 62.Nm bootpref 63views and sets the NVRAM boot preferences. 64.Pp 65The program options are: 66.Bl -tag -width Ar 67.It Fl V 68verbose output (when setting preferences) 69.sp 70.It Fl b Ar netbsd 71set the boot OS to 72.Nx 73.It Fl b Ar tos 74set the boot OS to TOS 75.It Fl b Ar linux 76set the boot OS to Linux 77.It Fl b Ar systemv 78set the boot OS to System V 79.It Fl b Ar none 80set the boot OS to none 81.sp 82.It Fl d Ar delay 83set the boot delay to 84.Ar delay 85seconds, where 86.Ar delay 87is a value between 0 and 255 88.sp 89.It Fl l Ar english 90set the language to English 91.It Fl l Ar german 92set the language to German 93.It Fl l Ar french 94set the language to French 95.It Fl l Ar spanish 96set the language to Spanish 97.It Fl l Ar italian 98set the language to Italian 99.sp 100.It Fl k Ar american 101set the keyboard layout to American 102.It Fl k Ar german 103set the keyboard layout to German 104.It Fl k Ar french 105set the keyboard layout to French 106.It Fl k Ar british 107set the keyboard layout to British 108.It Fl k Ar spanish 109set the keyboard layout to Spanish 110.It Fl k Ar italian 111set the keyboard layout to Italian 112.It Fl k Ar sw f 113.It Fl k Ar swiss french 114set the keyboard layout to Swiss (French) 115.It Fl k Ar sw g 116.It Fl k Ar swiss german 117set the keyboard layout to Swiss (German) 118.sp 119.It Fl s Ar id 120set the SCSI id to 121.Ar id , 122where 123.Ar id 124is a value between 0 and 7 125.sp 126.It Fl f Ar mmddyy 127.It Fl f Ar ddmmyy 128.It Fl f Ar yymmdd 129.It Fl f Ar yyddmm 130set the date format 131.sp 132.It Fl 1 133set the date format to 12 hour clock 134.It Fl 2 135set the date format to 24 hour clock 136.sp 137.It Fl e Ar sep 138set the date format separator to 139.Ar sep 140.sp 141.It Fl c Ar colours 142set the number of 143.Ar colours 144- 2, 4, 16, 256 or 65535 145.sp 146.It Fl n 147set the video mode to 148.Ar NTSC 149.It Fl p 150set the video mode to 151.Ar PAL 152.It Fl t 153set the video mode to 154.Ar TV 155.It Fl v 156set the video mode to 157.Ar VGA 158.It Fl 4 159set the video mode to 160.Ar 40 columns 161.It Fl 8 162set the video mode to 163.Ar 80 columns 164.It Fl o 165set the video mode to 166.Ar overscan 167.It Fl O 168set the video mode to 169.Ar no overscan 170.It Fl x 171set the video mode to 172.Ar ST compatibility 173.It Fl X 174set the video mode to 175.Ar no ST compatibility 176.It Fl i 177set the video mode to 178.Ar interlace 179(TV), 180.Ar double line 181(VGA) 182.It Fl I 183set the video mode to 184.Ar no interlace/double line 185.El 186.Pp 187All strings can be specified by their shortest abbreviation 188.Pp 189If no parameters are specified, 190.Nm bootpref 191shows the current boot preferences. 192.Sh SEE ALSO 193.Xr installboot 8 194.Sh HISTORY 195The 196.Nm 197command first appeared in 198.Nx 1.4 . 199.Sh AUTHORS 200.An Julian Coleman 201.Sh BUGS 202Setting the boot OS to 203.Ar none 204will cause the machine not to boot from the hard disk. 205.Pp 206The majority of the parameters are not used under 207.Nx . 208