Remove sysmap support

[yaboot.git] / man / ybin.8

diff --git a/man/ybin.8 b/man/ybin.8
index 7489f94560571e4d71f44fdd8cd8beceb8edb4be..7239882ba51999a6637d5bb254cb74a35b2238e7 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ybin.8
+++ b/man/ybin.8
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details.
 .\"
 .\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 .\" GNU General Public License for more details.
 .\"

-.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License          
-.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software                
+.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software

 .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 .\"
 .\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 .\"

-.TH YBIN 8 "27 April 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual"
+.TH YBIN 8 "21 November 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual"

 .SH NAME
 .B ybin
 \- install the yaboot boot loader to a bootstrap partition.
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .SH NAME
 .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 [ \ \-b | \-\-boot\ \fIdevice\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-o | \-\-ofboot\ \fIof-path\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-i | \-\-install\ \fIboot-file\  ]


@@ -34,30 +34,24 @@
 .RB [ \ \-\-hide\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-protect\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-nonvram\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-hide\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-protect\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-nonvram\  ]

-.RB [ \ \-\-device\ \fIOF-dev\  ]
-.RB [ \ \-\-partition\ \fIroot-part-#\  ]
-.RB [ \ \-\-timeout\ \fItimeout\  ]
-.RB [ \ \-\-image\ \fIkernel\  ]
-.RB [ \ \-\-label\ \fIlabel\  ]
-.RB [ \ \-\-root\ \fIroot-dev\  ]

 .RB [ \ \-\-force\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-v | \-\-verbose\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-debug\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\  ]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .RB [ \ \-\-force\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-v | \-\-verbose\  ]
 .RB [ \ \-\-debug\  ]
 .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.
 boot loader enabling GNU/Linux to be booted by OpenFirmware.

-Specifically it copies the 
+Specifically it copies the

 .B yaboot
 .B yaboot

-binary and 
+binary and

 .BR yaboot.conf (5)
 .BR yaboot.conf (5)

-and usually a \*(lqmagicboot\*(rq script to a 
+and usually a \*(lqmagicboot\*(rq script to a

 .BR bootstrap (8)
 .BR bootstrap (8)

-partition.  
+partition.

 
 .B Ybin
 will set attributes on the boot loader files and to the
 
 .B Ybin
 will set attributes on the boot loader files and to the


@@ -70,18 +64,18 @@ will also set the OpenFirmware boot-device variable to the device path
 of the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition using \fBnvsetenv\fR(8) when a
 NewWorld compatible version of \fBnvsetenv\fR(8) is available.
 
 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)
 .BR bootstrap (8)

-partition have an HFS or MSDOS filesystem already on it.  For IBM
+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
 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)
 .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
 
 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


@@ -93,7 +87,7 @@ they should be kept. \fBYbin\fR will refuse to operate on the
 .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
 .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
 second partition, your device would be: \fI/dev/hda2\fR.
 .TP
 .BR \-o ,\  \-\-ofboot\ \fIof-path


@@ -165,38 +159,6 @@ HFS and MSDOS filesystems.
 Prevent \fBybin\fR from setting the OpenFirmware boot-device
 variable with \fBnvsetenv\fR(8).
 .TP
 Prevent \fBybin\fR from setting the OpenFirmware boot-device
 variable with \fBnvsetenv\fR(8).
 .TP

-.BR \-\-device\ \fIopenfirmware-dev-path
-This option is used for auto-generation of a \fByaboot.conf\fR(5).  This
-specifies the OpenFirmware device of the disk the system will boot
-from.  The default is \*(lqhd:\*(rq.
-.TP
-.BR \-\-partition\ \fIroot-partition-number
-This option is used for auto-generation of a \fByaboot.conf\fR(5).  This
-specifies the partition number of the root filesystem.  Mac partition
-tables are considered a partition themselves, so the first real
-partition will be 2, usually the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition, followed
-by the root partition, number 3.
-.TP
-.BR \-\-timeout\ \fItimeout
-This option is used for auto-generation of a \fByaboot.conf\fR(5).  This
-specifies the timeout value in tenths of a second.  The timeout is how
-long \fByaboot\fR(8) will wait before booting the default (first listed)
-image.
-.TP
-.BR \-\-image\ \fIkernel-image
-This option is used for auto-generation of a \fByaboot.conf\fR(5).  This
-specifies the path to the default kernel to be booted.
-.TP
-.BR \-\-label\ \fIlabel
-This option is used for auto-generation of a \fByaboot.conf\fR(5).  This
-specifies the label used to boot the above kernel image.  The default
-is Linux.
-.TP
-.BR \-\-root\ \fIroot-device
-This option is used for auto-generation of a \fByaboot.conf\fR(5).  This
-specifies the Linux device for the root partition, this is passed to
-the kernel at boot time.  The default is \fI/dev/hda3\fR.
-.TP

 .BR \-v ,\  \-\-verbose
 This option causes \fBybin\fR to be more verbose as it proceeds.
 .TP
 .BR \-v ,\  \-\-verbose
 This option causes \fBybin\fR to be more verbose as it proceeds.
 .TP


@@ -224,10 +186,9 @@ Print out the version number and exit.
 .br
 The temporary directory \fBybin\fR will use.
 .SH SECURITY
 .br
 The temporary directory \fBybin\fR will use.
 .SH SECURITY

-The \fByaboot.conf\fR(5) auto generation requires a temporary file, this
-file is created with
+Temporary files are created with

 .BR mktemp (1).
 .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.
 .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.


@@ -238,19 +199,17 @@ root.  It is also critical that \fI/etc/yaboot.conf\fR not be writable
 by anyone but root since a different \fIofboot\fR script could be
 specified there.
 .SH BUGS
 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
 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.
 .SH REPORTING BUGS
 Report bugs to <erbenson@alaska.net>
 .br
 .B yaboot
 was written by Benjamin Herrenschmidt.
 .SH REPORTING BUGS
 Report bugs to <erbenson@alaska.net>

-.br
-Report bugs in \fByaboot\fR(8) to <benh@kernel.crashing.org>

 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR bootstrap (8),
 .BR hfsutils (1),
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR bootstrap (8),
 .BR hfsutils (1),