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