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1.1     ! nbrk        1: .\"    $OpenBSD: xxboot.8,v 1.3 2007/05/31 19:20:04 jmc Exp $
        !             2: .\"
        !             3: .\" Copyright (c) 2006 Michael Shalayeff
        !             4: .\" All rights reserved.
        !             5: .\"
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        !            16: .\" OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
        !            17: .\"
        !            18: .Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
        !            19: .Dt XXBOOT 8 landisk
        !            20: .Os
        !            21: .Sh NAME
        !            22: .Nm xxboot
        !            23: .Nd
        !            24: LANDISK-specific primary boot loader
        !            25: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            26: This small program, residing in the reserved sectors at the beginning
        !            27: of the root file system of the system, is responsible for loading
        !            28: the second-stage
        !            29: .Xr boot 8
        !            30: program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel.
        !            31: .Pp
        !            32: To install (or update) the
        !            33: .Nm
        !            34: program, use
        !            35: .Xr disklabel 8
        !            36: with the
        !            37: .Fl B
        !            38: switch.
        !            39: .Pp
        !            40: When
        !            41: .Nm
        !            42: receives control from the master boot record (MBR) it will print a banner:
        !            43: .Pp
        !            44: .Dl OpenBSD MBR
        !            45: .Pp
        !            46: followed by a little twiddler while reading the second-stage boot.
        !            47: .Sh FILES
        !            48: .Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/xxboot -compact
        !            49: .It Pa /usr/mdec/mbr
        !            50: Master Boot Record block
        !            51: .It Pa /usr/mdec/xxboot
        !            52: primary bootstrap
        !            53: .It Pa /boot
        !            54: secondary bootstrap
        !            55: .It Pa /bsd
        !            56: .Ox
        !            57: kernel
        !            58: .It Pa /bsd.rd
        !            59: .Ox
        !            60: kernel for installation/recovery
        !            61: .El
        !            62: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            63: .Nm
        !            64: will print messages indicating errors as returned from the firmware.
        !            65: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            66: .Xr boot 8 ,
        !            67: .Xr boot_landisk 8 ,
        !            68: .Xr disklabel 8 ,
        !            69: .Xr fdisk 8 ,
        !            70: .Xr mbr 8