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37.Dd January 11, 1998
38.Dt BOOTPREF 8 atari
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm bootpref
41.Nd set NVRAM boot preference
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm bootpref
44.Op -v
45.Op -b os
46.Op -d delay
47.Op -l lang
48.Op -k kbd
49.Op -s id
50.Op -f fmt
51.Op -1
52.Op -2
53.Op -e sep
54.Op -c colours
55.Op -n
56.Op -p
57.Op -t
58.Op -v
59.Op -4
60.Op -8
61.Op -o
62.Op -O
63.Op -x
64.Op -X
65.Op -i
66.Op -I
67.Sh DESCRIPTION
68.Nm bootpref
69views and sets the NVRAM boot preferences.
70.Pp
71The program options are:
72.Bl -tag -width Ar
73.It Fl V
74verbose output (when setting preferences)
75.sp
76.It Fl b Ar netbsd
77set the boot os to NetBSD
78.It Fl b Ar tos
79set the boot os to TOS
80.It Fl b Ar linux
81set the boot os to Linux
82.It Fl b Ar systemv
83set the boot os to System V
84.It Fl b Ar none
85set the boot os to none
86.sp
87.It Fl d Ar delay
88set the boot delay to
89.Ar delay
90seconds, where
91.Ar delay
92is a value between 0 and 255
93.sp
94.It Fl l Ar english
95set the language to English
96.It Fl l Ar german
97set the language to German
98.It Fl l Ar french
99set the language to French
100.It Fl l Ar spanish
101set the language to Spanish
102.It Fl l Ar italian
103set the language to Italian
104.sp
105.It Fl k Ar american
106set the keyboard layout to American
107.It Fl k Ar german
108set the keyboard layout to German
109.It Fl k Ar french
110set the keyboard layout to French
111.It Fl k Ar british
112set the keyboard layout to British
113.It Fl k Ar spanish
114set the keyboard layout to Spanish
115.It Fl k Ar italian
116set the keyboard layout to Italian
117.It Fl k Ar sw f
118.It Fl k Ar swiss french
119set the keyboard layout to Swiss (French)
120.It Fl k Ar sw g
121.It Fl k Ar swiss german
122set the keyboard layout to Swiss (German)
123.sp
124.It Fl s Ar id
125set the SCSI id to
126.Ar id ,
127where
128.Ar id
129is a value between 0 and 7
130.sp
131.It Fl f Ar mmddyy
132.It Fl f Ar ddmmyy
133.It Fl f Ar yymmdd
134.It Fl f Ar yyddmm
135set the date format
136.sp
137.It Fl 1
138set the date format to 12 hour clock
139.It Fl 2
140set the date format to 24 hour clock
141.sp
142.It Fl e Ar sep
143set the date format separator to
144.Ar sep
145.sp
146.It Fl c Ar colours
147set the number of
148.Ar colours
149- 2, 4, 16, 256 or 65535
150.sp
151.It Fl n
152set the video mode to
153.Ar NTSC
154.It Fl p
155set the video mode to
156.Ar PAL
157.It Fl t
158set the video mode to
159.Ar TV
160.It Fl v
161set the video mode to
162.Ar VGA
163.It Fl 4
164set the video mode to
165.Ar 40 columns
166.It Fl 8
167set the video mode to
168.Ar 80 columns
169.It Fl o
170set the video mode to
171.Ar overscan
172.It Fl O
173set the video mode to
174.Ar no overscan
175.It Fl x
176set the video mode to
177.Ar ST compatibility
178.It Fl X
179set the video mode to
180.Ar no ST compatibility
181.It Fl i
182set the video mode to
183.Ar interlace
184(TV),
185.Ar double line
186(VGA)
187.It Fl I
188set the video mode to
189.Ar no interlace/double line
190.El
191.Pp
192All strings can be specified by their shortest abbreviation
193.Pp
194If no parameters are specified,
195.Nm bootpref
196shows the current boot preferences.
197.Sh AUTHOR
198.An Julian Coleman
199.Sh CAVEATS
200Setting the boot os to
201.Ar none
202will cause the machine not to boot from the hard disk.
203.Pp
204The majority of the parameters are not used under
205.Nx
206.Sh SEE ALSO
207.Xr installboot 8
208.Sh HISTORY
209The
210.Nm
211command first appeared in
212.Nx 1.4
213