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diff --git a/usr/src/man/man5/isoboot.5 b/usr/src/man/man5/isoboot.5 deleted file mode 100644 index 541f06d2ed..0000000000 --- a/usr/src/man/man5/isoboot.5 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,66 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 2018 iXsystems, Inc. -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without -.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions -.\" are met: -.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. -.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright -.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the -.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. -.\" -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND -.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE -.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE -.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS -.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) -.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT -.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY -.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF -.\" SUCH DAMAGE. -.\" -.Dd March 30, 2018 -.Dt ISOBOOT 5 -.Os -.Sh NAME -.Nm isoboot -.Nd Boot code for hybrid ISO/USB images on BIOS-based computers -.Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm -is used on BIOS-based computers to boot from an ISO image that has -been written to a USB flash drive or other HDD-like device. -.Nm -is installed in a -.Cm x86 Boot -partition with -.Xr installboot 1M . -.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES -The El Torito standard for bootable CDs provides a 32KB "System Area" -at the beginning of an image. -To create an image that is able to be booted by the BIOS as either a -CD-ROM ("ISO") and as a more HDD-like image (e.g. on a USB flash drive) -it is necessary to have both a standard El Torito boot catalog -containing a HDD-style partition table and boot code. -.Nm -is intended to be placed in a MBR x86 boot partition to allow the system to find -the standard -.Fx -.Xr loader 5 -in the ISO filesystem later in the image. -.Sh BOOTING -.Nm -looks for an ISO filesystem image on the device it was booted from and -seeks to read the primary illumos -.Xr loader 5 -from there. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr installboot 1M -.Sh HISTORY -.Nm -appeared in FreeBSD 12.0. -.Sh AUTHORS -This manual page written by -.An Benno Rice Aq benno@FreeBSD.org . |
