X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=yaboot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fmkofboot.8;h=2139ddb6e4f1dea7163484928cdd8eff7b5d936b;hp=f04fd00284acf78db4a600bccf486b4d74ad33e4;hb=6a77b7a8418741a270bc8c74406b935168c587dc;hpb=678d83ff8608534ece0f1e912eddedef4f0bb67a diff --git a/man/mkofboot.8 b/man/mkofboot.8 index f04fd00..2139ddb 100644 --- a/man/mkofboot.8 +++ b/man/mkofboot.8 @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ .\" 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. .\" .TH MKOFBOOT 8 "21 November 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual" @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .B mkofboot \- format bootstrap partition and install the yaboot boot loader .SH SYNOPSIS -.B mkofboot +.B mkofboot .RB [ \ \-b | \-\-boot\ \fIdevice\ ] .RB [ \ \-o | \-\-ofboot\ \fIof-path\ ] .RB [ \ \-i | \-\-install\ \fIboot-file\ ] @@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ .RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\ ] .RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\ ] .SH DESCRIPTION -This manual page explains +This manual page explains .B mkofboot -the initial installer for the -.BR yaboot (8) +the initial installer for the +.BR yaboot (8) boot loader enabling GNU/Linux to be booted by OpenFirmware. .B mkofboot -does exactly the same thing as +does exactly the same thing as .BR ybin (8) except that it erases and creates a new filesystem (specified by \-\-filesystem) on the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition before copying the @@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ NOTE: uses the exact same command line options as .BR ybin (8) so if you have already read the \fBybin\fR(8) man page you can skip this -section. +section. .TP .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 @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ The temporary directory \fBmkofboot\fR will use. .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 \fBmkofboot\fR will be vulnerable to race conditions. The Debian mktemp is derived from OpenBSD and thus should be secure. @@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ should be able to take care of OpenFirmware variables as needed on IBM hardware. .SH AUTHORS .BR mkofboot (8) -, and this man page written by Ethan Benson. +, and this man page written by Ethan Benson. .br .BR yaboot (8) was written by Benjamin Herrenschmidt.