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                     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