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Annotation of coherent/a/usr/man/COHERENT/boot.fha, revision 1.1.1.1

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                      3: boot.fha                  Device Driver                  boot.fha
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                      8: Boot block for floppy disk
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                     11: To be bootable, a COHERENT  file system must contain a boot block
                     12: (either boot or bboooott.ffhhaa).  In addition, all hard disks must con-
                     13: tain the master boot block mboot or an equivalent.
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                     15: boot.fha is a boot block for a hard disk partition or a 15-sector
                     16: floppy.  It  must be installed as the first  sector of the parti-
                     17: tion or diskette, as follows:
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                     20:         /etc/fdformat -a /dev/fha0
                     21:         /etc/badscan -v -o proto1 /dev/fha0 2400
                     22:         /etc/mkfs /dev/fha0 proto1
                     23:         rm proto1
                     24:         cp /conf/boot.fha /dev/fha0
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                     27: boot.fha searches  its root directory `/'  for file aauuttoobboooott.  If
                     28: it finds this kernel,  bboooott.ffhhaa loads and runs it.  Otherwise, it
                     29: gives the prompt  ?, to which the user must  type the name of the
                     30: operating-system  kernel  to   load  (typically,  ccoohheerreenntt).   If
                     31: bboooott.ffhhaa cannot find the  requested kernel or if an error occurs,
                     32: boot.fha repeats the prompt and the user must type another name.
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                     34: ***** Files *****
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                     36: /ccoonnff/bboooott.ffhhaa -- Partition or 15-sector 96tpi floppy boot block
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                     38: ***** See Also *****
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                     40: badscan, boot, device drivers, fdisk, mboot, mkfs
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