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NAME

xxboot — LANDISK-specific primary boot loader

DESCRIPTION

This small program, residing in the reserved sectors at the beginning of the root file system of the system, is responsible for loading the second-stage boot(8) program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel.

To install (or update) the xxboot program, use disklabel(8) with the -B switch.

When xxboot receives control from the master boot record (MBR), it will print a banner:

followed by a little twiddler while reading the second-stage boot.

FILES

/usr/mdec/mbr

Master Boot Record block

/usr/mdec/xxboot

primary bootstrap

/boot

secondary bootstrap

/bsd

OpenBSD kernel

/bsd.rd

OpenBSD kernel for installation/recovery

DIAGNOSTICS

xxboot will print messages indicating errors as returned from the firmware.

SEE ALSO

boot(8), disklabel(8), fdisk(8), mbr(8)