Annotation of 43BSDTahoe/man/man8/tahoe/reboot.8, revision 1.1

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        !             7: .TH REBOOT 8 "July 12, 1988"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: reboot \- UNIX bootstrapping procedures
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B /etc/reboot
        !            13: [
        !            14: .B \-n
        !            15: ] [
        !            16: .B \-q
        !            17: ]
        !            18: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: UNIX is started by placing it in memory
        !            21: at location zero and transferring to the entry point.
        !            22: Since the system is not reenterable,
        !            23: it is necessary to read it in from disk or tape
        !            24: each time it is to be bootstrapped.
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: .B Rebooting a running system.
        !            27: When a UNIX is running and a reboot is desired,
        !            28: .IR shutdown (8)
        !            29: is normally used.
        !            30: If there are no users then
        !            31: .B /etc/reboot
        !            32: can be used.
        !            33: Reboot causes the disks to be synced and allows the system
        !            34: to perform other shutdown activities such as resynchronizing
        !            35: hardware time-of-day clocks.
        !            36: A multi-user reboot (as described below) is then initiated.
        !            37: This causes a system to be
        !            38: booted and an automatic disk check to be performed.  If all this succeeds
        !            39: without incident, the system is then brought up for many users.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: Options to reboot are:
        !            42: .TP
        !            43: .B \-n
        !            44: option avoids the sync.  It can be used if a disk or the processor
        !            45: is on fire. 
        !            46: .TP
        !            47: .B \-q
        !            48: reboots quickly and ungracefully, without shutting down running
        !            49: processes first.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: .I Reboot
        !            52: normally logs the reboot using
        !            53: .IR syslog (8)
        !            54: and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file
        !            55: /usr/adm/wtmp.
        !            56: These actions are inhibited if the
        !            57: .B \-n
        !            58: or
        !            59: .B \-q
        !            60: options are present.
        !            61: .PP
        !            62: .B "Power fail and crash recovery."
        !            63: Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes.
        !            64: An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed
        !            65: as described in
        !            66: .IR fsck (8).
        !            67: and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
        !            68: .PP
        !            69: .B Cold starts.
        !            70: These are processor-type dependent.
        !            71: On the CCI Power 6/32 and related processors,
        !            72: the system will do a standard autoboot from drive 0
        !            73: upon power-up or reset.
        !            74: This automatic boot may be cancelled by typing a \*(lq#\*(rq
        !            75: in the first few seconds after reset.
        !            76: This enters console mode; the console prompt is \*(lq>\*(rq or \*(lq#>\*(rq.
        !            77: The boot flags can be set to any hexadecimal value \fIn\fP with the command
        !            78: .IP
        !            79: #> p23 \fIn\fP.
        !            80: .LP
        !            81: The default device may be examined or set; see the Diagnostics and Debugging
        !            82: manual for the processor for details on device naming and syntax.
        !            83: After setting the boot flags and/or device,
        !            84: a bootstrap sequence can be initiated with
        !            85: .IP
        !            86: #> fb
        !            87: .LP
        !            88: A specific device or bootstrap file may be used; for example,
        !            89: .IP
        !            90: #> fb xfd(1,0)
        !            91: .LP
        !            92: would boot from the `a' partition on XFD drive 1.
        !            93: .PP
        !            94: The file specifications used for the boostrap
        !            95: when loaded with the \*(lqaskme\*(rq flag
        !            96: (register 23 set to 1 or 3)
        !            97: are of the form:
        !            98: .IP
        !            99: device(adaptor,controller,unit,minor)
        !           100: .PP
        !           101: where
        !           102: .I device
        !           103: is the type of the device to be searched,
        !           104: .I adaptor
        !           105: is number of the VERSAbus (or VMEbus) to which the device is attached,
        !           106: .I controller
        !           107: is the unit number of the controller on that buss,
        !           108: .I unit
        !           109: is the unit number of the disk or tape,
        !           110: and
        !           111: .I minor
        !           112: is the disk partition or tape file number.
        !           113: Leading adaptor or controller numbers default to 0.
        !           114: Normal line editing characters can be used when typing the file specification.
        !           115: The following list of supported devices may vary from installation to
        !           116: installation:
        !           117: .LP
        !           118: .ta 5 10
        !           119: .nf
        !           120:        dk      SMD or ESDI disks on VDDC or SMD-E
        !           121:        cy      tape on Ciprico Tapemaster controller
        !           122: .fi
        !           123: .PP
        !           124: For example,
        !           125: to boot from a file system which starts at cylinder 0
        !           126: of unit 0 of an SMD-E disk, type \*(lqdk(0,0)vmunix\*(rq
        !           127: to the boot prompt; \*(lqdk(2,1,0)vmunix\*(rq
        !           128: would specify drive 1 on SMD-E controller 2.
        !           129: .PP
        !           130: In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the paper
        !           131: ``Installing and Operating 4.3BSD-tahoe UNIX on the Tahoe'' can be used
        !           132: to boot from a distribution tape.
        !           133: .SH FILES
        !           134: .ta \w'/vmunix   'u
        !           135: /vmunix        system code
        !           136: .br
        !           137: /boot  system bootstrap
        !           138: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           139: crash(8),
        !           140: disklabel(8),
        !           141: fsck(8),
        !           142: halt(8),
        !           143: init(8),
        !           144: rc(8),
        !           145: shutdown(8),
        !           146: syslogd(8)
        !           147: .SH BUGS
        !           148: The disklabel format used by some versions of the console processor
        !           149: is different than the format used by UNIX and the bootstrap.

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