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.TH YBIN 8 "21 November 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual"
.B ybin
\- install the yaboot boot loader to a bootstrap partition.
.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ybin
+.B ybin
.RB [ \ \-b | \-\-boot\ \fIdevice\ ]
.RB [ \ \-o | \-\-ofboot\ \fIof-path\ ]
.RB [ \ \-i | \-\-install\ \fIboot-file\ ]
.RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\ ]
.RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\ ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-This manual page explains
-.B ybin
-the installer for the
-.BR yaboot (8)
+This manual page explains
+.B ybin
+the installer for the
+.BR yaboot (8)
boot loader enabling GNU/Linux to be booted by OpenFirmware.
-Specifically it copies the
+Specifically it copies the
.B yaboot
-binary and
+binary and
.BR yaboot.conf (5)
-and usually a \*(lqmagicboot\*(rq script to a
+and usually a \*(lqmagicboot\*(rq script to a
.BR bootstrap (8)
-partition.
+partition.
.B Ybin
will set attributes on the boot loader files and to the
of the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition using \fBnvsetenv\fR(8) when a
NewWorld compatible version of \fBnvsetenv\fR(8) is available.
-.B Ybin
-requires that the
+.B Ybin
+requires that the
.BR bootstrap (8)
partition have an HFS filesystem already on it. For IBM
hardware there is no filesystem on the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition,
in this case use fstype=raw. When using the raw filesystem type
\fBybin\fR requires that an ELF binary have already been installed on
the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition. Use the companion
-.BR mkofboot (8)
-utility to install the boot loader onto a new
+.BR mkofboot (8)
+utility to install the boot loader onto a new
.BR bootstrap (8)
-partition.
+partition.
The \fBbootstrap\fR(8) need not and should not be mounted anywhere on
your filesystem, especially not on top of /boot. \fBYaboot\fR is able
.BR \-b ,\ \-\-boot\ \fIdevice
Install the boot loader onto the specified device, this device should
be that of your \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition. For example, if your
-\fBbootstrap\fR partition is located on your first primary IDE drive in the
+\fBbootstrap\fR partition is located on your first primary IDE drive in the
second partition, your device would be: \fI/dev/hda2\fR.
.TP
.BR \-o ,\ \-\-ofboot\ \fIof-path
.SH SECURITY
Temporary files are created with
.BR mktemp (1).
-It is important that your system use a secure
+It is important that your system use a secure
.BR mktemp (1)
program, otherwise \fBybin\fR will be vulnerable to race conditions.
The Debian mktemp is derived from OpenBSD and thus should be secure.
by anyone but root since a different \fIofboot\fR script could be
specified there.
.SH BUGS
-.B Ybin
+.B Ybin
should be able to take care of OpenFirmware variables as needed on IBM
hardware.
.SH AUTHORS
.B ybin
-and this man page was written by Ethan Benson.
+and this man page was written by Ethan Benson.
.br
.B yaboot
was written by Benjamin Herrenschmidt.