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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[aa18ac0]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[3f8be484]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-aboot" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="aboot.html"?>
10
11 <title>Aboot-&aboot-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot">
14 <primary sortas="a-Aboot">Aboot</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
[93adf44a]17 <sect2 role="package">
[3f8be484]18 <title/>
19
[773bf1ea]20 <para>The aboot package contains the Alpha Bootloader.</para>
[3f8be484]21
22 </sect2>
23
[93adf44a]24 <sect2 role="installation">
[040521bc]25 <title>Installation of aboot</title>
[3f8be484]26
[773bf1ea]27 <para os="aa">The following patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para>
[3f8be484]28
29<screen os="ab"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&aboot-alpha-patch;</userinput></screen>
30
31 <para>Compile the package:</para>
32
33<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
34
35 <para>Install the package:</para>
36
37<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
38
39 </sect2>
40
41 <sect2 id="contents-aboot" role="content">
42 <title>Contents of aboot</title>
43
44 <segmentedlist>
45 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
46
47 <seglistitem>
[686a790]48 <seg>abootconf, e2writeboot, isomarkboot, swriteboot</seg>
[3f8be484]49 </seglistitem>
50 </segmentedlist>
51
52 <variablelist>
53 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
54 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
55 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
56
[686a790]57 <varlistentry id="abootconf">
58 <term><command>abootconf</command></term>
[3f8be484]59 <listitem>
[686a790]60 <para>Sets the partition number that contains the configuration file
61 for the secondary bootloader.</para>
[c76cd8e]62 <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot abootconf">
[686a790]63 <primary sortas="a-abootconf">abootconf</primary>
64 </indexterm>
65 </listitem>
66 </varlistentry>
67
68 <varlistentry id="e2writeboot">
69 <term><command>e2writeboot</command></term>
70 <listitem>
[3c234eb]71 <para>Can be used to write a secondary bootstrap loader to an
[686a790]72 ext2 formatted filesystem (normally on a floppy disk).</para>
[c76cd8e]73 <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot e2writeboot">
[686a790]74 <primary sortas="a-e2writeboot">e2writeboot</primary>
75 </indexterm>
76 </listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry id="isomarkboot">
80 <term><command>isomarkboot</command></term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>Makes an iso image bootable.</para>
[c76cd8e]83 <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot isomarkboot">
[686a790]84 <primary sortas="a-isomarkboot">isomarkboot</primary>
85 </indexterm>
86 </listitem>
87 </varlistentry>
88
89 <varlistentry id="swriteboot">
90 <term><command>swriteboot</command></term>
91 <listitem>
92 <para>Used to write the secondary SRM bootloader to a harddisk.</para>
[c76cd8e]93 <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot swriteboot">
[686a790]94 <primary sortas="a-swriteboot">swriteboot</primary>
[3f8be484]95 </indexterm>
96 </listitem>
97 </varlistentry>
98
99 </variablelist>
100
101 </sect2>
102
103</sect1>
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