X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=yaboot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fyabootconfig.8;h=e46710e6b436621e9a1a55943410e01354920dbd;hp=8d169ee0caf42c991449848d8de7a3630ec89abf;hb=6a77b7a8418741a270bc8c74406b935168c587dc;hpb=f4ebbd9f7ea23e3f0fcbe098754580c220894628 diff --git a/man/yabootconfig.8 b/man/yabootconfig.8 index 8d169ee..e46710e 100644 --- a/man/yabootconfig.8 +++ b/man/yabootconfig.8 @@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ .\" 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 YABOOTCONFIG 8 "22 June 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual" +.TH YABOOTCONFIG 8 "24 November 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "System Manager's Manual" .SH NAME .B yabootconfig \- generates a simple /etc/yaboot.conf @@ -26,15 +26,17 @@ .RB [ \ \-t | \-\-chroot\ \\fIdirectory\ ] .RB [ \ \-b | \-\-boot\ \fIdevice\ ] .RB [ \ \-r | \-\-root\ \fIdevice\ ] +.RB [ \ \-\-kernel-args\ \\fI"kernel_args"\ ] .RB [ \ \-q | \-\-quiet\ ] .RB [ \ \-\-noinstall\ ] +.RB [ \ \-\-debug\ ] .RB [ \ \-h | \-\-help\ ] .RB [ \ \-V | \-\-version\ ] .SH DESCRIPTION -This manual page explains +This manual page explains .B yabootconfig -the configurator for the -.BR yaboot (8) +the configurator for the +.BR yaboot (8) boot loader enabling GNU/Linux to be booted by OpenFirmware. Specifically it inspects the running system, generates a working .BR /etc/yaboot.conf (5) @@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ should be kept. \fBmkofboot\fR will refuse to operate on the .B yabootconfig requires \fBofpath\fR(8) in order to get the OpenFirmware device name -for the root disk on PowerMacs. +for the root disk on PowerMacs. .SH OPTIONS .TP -.BR \-t.,\ \-\-chroot\ \fIdirectory +.BR \-t ,\ \-\-chroot\ \fIdirectory Cause \fByabootconfig\fR to work as if \fIdirectory\fR is the / directory. This is useful when booting from a rescue floppy or CDROM in which case you mount your true root filesystem on /target or /mnt. @@ -107,6 +109,10 @@ after it successfully generates a valid \fI/etc/yaboot.conf\fR. This option causes \fByabootconfig\fR to only generate the config file without installing the \fBbootstrap\fR. .TP +.BR \-\-debug +This option causes \fByabootconfig\fR to output some boring details useful +only for debugging \fByabootconfig\fR itself. +.TP .BR \-h ,\ \-\-help Print out usage information and exit. .TP @@ -120,14 +126,12 @@ Print out the version number and exit. .fi .SH AUTHORS .B yabootconfig -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 -.br -Report bugs in \fByaboot\fR(8) to .SH SEE ALSO .BR bootstrap (8), .BR fstab (5),