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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man1m/installboot.1m b/usr/src/man/man1m/installboot.1m new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..92ff24a277 --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/src/man/man1m/installboot.1m @@ -0,0 +1,209 @@ +.\" +.\" This file and its contents are supplied under the terms of the +.\" Common Development and Distribution License ("CDDL"), version 1.0. +.\" You may only use this file in accordance with the terms of version +.\" 1.0 of the CDDL. +.\" +.\" A full copy of the text of the CDDL should have accompanied this +.\" source. A copy of the CDDL is also available via the Internet at +.\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL. +.\" +.\" +.\" Copyright 2016 Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> +.\" +.Dd February 10, 2016 +.Dt INSTALLBOOT 1M +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm installboot +.Nd install bootloader in a disk partition +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Ss SPARC +.Nm +.Op Fl fn +.Op Fl F Sy zfs Ns | Ns Sy ufs Ns | Ns Sy hsfs +.Op Fl u Ar verstr +.Ar bootblk raw-device +.Nm +.Op Fl enV +.Fl F Sy zfs +.Fl i +.Ar raw-device +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Fl F Sy zfs +.Fl M +.Ar raw-device attach-raw-device +.Ss x86 +.Nm +.Op Fl fFmn +.Op Fl u Ar verstr +.Ar stage1 stage2 raw-device +.Nm +.Op Fl enV +.Fl i +.Ar raw-device +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Fl M +.Ar raw-device attach-raw-device +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Xr boot 1M +boot program is loaded from disk and is responsible of loading kernel and its +support files from specific file system. +.Pp +The SPARC systems have one boot loader program file to be installed on the boot +area of a disk slice. As the SPARC zfs boot loader is too large to fit into +boot area at the start of the disk slice, +.Nm +command will split the zfs boot loader between disk slice boot area, and zfs +pool boot area. +.Pp +The x86 systems have boot loader implemented as three stages: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Sy stage1 +.Pa /boot/pmbr +is used as master boot record +.Pq MBR +and partition boot program. +.It Sy stage2 +.Pa /boot/gptzfsboot +is responsible for loading files from file system. The +.Sy stage2 +on x86 systems is always installed to zfs pool boot area, and therefore only zfs +boot is supported. +.Nm +command will record the location of +.Sy stage2 +to +.Sy stage1 , +which is always installed at least on partition +.Pq MBR or GPT +boot area, making it possible to boot via chainload from other boot loaders. +.Pp +When +.Nm +command is used with the +.Fl m +option, +.Nm +installs the stage1 file on the master boot sector of the disk as well. +.It Sy stage3 +.Pa /boot/zfsloader +is read from file system and executed by +.Sy stage2 +and will provide boot loader user environment and is responsible of loading +and starting the operating system kernel. +.Pp +In case of GPT partitioning scheme, if the file system to boot from is either +UFS or PCFS, there must be +.Sy boot +partition defined to store stage2 boot program. This is needed because UFS and +PCFS do not have sufficient space reserved to store boot programs. +.Pp +The boot partition must use following GPT UUID: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +6a82cb45-1dd2-11b2-99a6-080020736631 +.Ed +.Pp +which is provided by +.Qq boot +tag in +.Xr format 1M +partition menu. +.El +.Ss Options +The +.Nm +command accepts the following options: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl h +Prints short usage message. +.It Fl m +Installs +.Sy stage1 +on the master boot sector interactively. You must use this option if OS is +installed on an extended FDISK or an EFI/GPT partition. +.It Fl f +Suppresses interaction when overwriting the master boot sector on x86. +Force update on SPARC. +.It Fl n +Dry run session. Will not write to disk. +.It Fl F +On SPARC, specify file system type. On x86, inhibit version check and enforce +boot loader update. +.It Fl u Ar verstr +Specify custom version string. Can be used to add version on non-versioned +boot loader or change built in version string. +.It Fl i +Print version string from installed boot loader. +.It Fl e +Print version string from installed boot loader without description. +.It Fl V +Print version string from installed boot loader with full description. +.It Fl M +Mirror boot loader from installed disk partition. +.El +.Ss Operands +The +.Nm +command accepts the following operands: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ar bootblk +The name of the SPARC boot loader code. +.It Ar stage1 +The name of the loader stage 1 file. +.It Ar stage2 +The name of the loader stage 2 file. +.It Ar raw-device +The name of the device onto which bootloader code is to be installed. It must be +a character device that is readable and writable and part of boot pool. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Pa /boot +Directory where x86 loader files reside. +.It Pa /usr/platform/platform name/lib/fs +Directory where SPARC boot loader files reside. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Sy Example 1 No Installing zfs boot loader on SPARC disk slice +The following command installs zfs boot loader on SPARC system: +.Bd -literal +# installboot -F zfs /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/zfs/bootblk \e + /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 +.Ed +.It Sy Example 2 No Installing boot loader on x86 system +The following command installs loader stage files and master boot record: +.Bd -literal +# installboot -m /boot/pmbr /boot/gptzfsboot /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0 +.Ed +.El +.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY +.Sy Uncommitted +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr boot 1M , +.Xr bootadm 1M , +.Xr fdisk 1M , +.Xr fmthard 1M , +.Xr format 1M , +.Xr kernel 1M , +.Xr attributes 5 +.Sh WARNINGS +Installing +.Sy stage1 +on the master boot sector +.Po +.Fl m +option +.Pc +overrides any boot loader currently installed on the machine. The system will +always boot the current OS partition regardless of which fdisk partition is +active. +.Pp +If version string indicates the source boot loader might be more recent, +.Nm +will also verify md5 checksums to determine if update is really necessary. If +checksums match, the install will not be performed. |