source: BOOK/final-system/alpha/aboot.xml@ 578cf221

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<sect1 id="ch-system-aboot" role="wrap">
  <?dbhtml filename="aboot.html"?>

  <title>Aboot-&aboot-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot">
    <primary sortas="a-Aboot">Aboot</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The aboot package contains the Alpha Bootloader.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of aboot</title>

    <para os="aa">The following patch addresses build issues with GCC &gcc-version;:</para>

<screen os="ab"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&aboot-alpha-patch;</userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-aboot" role="content">
    <title>Contents of aboot</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>abootconf, e2writeboot, isomarkboot, swriteboot</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="abootconf">
        <term><command>abootconf</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Sets the partition number that contains the configuration file
          for the secondary bootloader.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot abootconf">
            <primary sortas="a-abootconf">abootconf</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="e2writeboot">
        <term><command>e2writeboot</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Can be used to write a secondary bootstrap loader to an
          ext2 formatted filesystem (normally on a floppy disk).</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot e2writeboot">
            <primary sortas="a-e2writeboot">e2writeboot</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="isomarkboot">
        <term><command>isomarkboot</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Makes an iso image bootable.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot isomarkboot">
            <primary sortas="a-isomarkboot">isomarkboot</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="swriteboot">
        <term><command>swriteboot</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Used to write the secondary SRM bootloader to a harddisk.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-aboot swriteboot">
            <primary sortas="a-swriteboot">swriteboot</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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