X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=yaboot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fybin.8;h=98e437105a3a962a7ce62803ba0240f5e67490fe;hp=7489f94560571e4d71f44fdd8cd8beceb8edb4be;hb=678d83ff8608534ece0f1e912eddedef4f0bb67a;hpb=9323f7c29a886304325b1562450729a12e0ccbea diff --git a/man/ybin.8 b/man/ybin.8 index 7489f94..98e4371 100644 --- a/man/ybin.8 +++ b/man/ybin.8 @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software .\" 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. @@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ .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\ ] @@ -73,7 +67,7 @@ NewWorld compatible version of \fBnvsetenv\fR(8) is available. .B Ybin requires that the .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 @@ -165,38 +159,6 @@ HFS and MSDOS filesystems. 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 @@ -224,8 +186,7 @@ Print out the version number and exit. .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). It is important that your system use a secure .BR mktemp (1) @@ -249,8 +210,6 @@ and this man page was written by Ethan Benson. 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 hfsutils (1),