BIOSBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64) # BIOSBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64)
NAME # biosboot - amd64-specific first-stage system bootstrap
DESCRIPTION # This small program (roughly 512 bytes of code) is responsible for loading the second-stage boot(8) program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel.
biosboot must be installed by installboot(8). As part of the installation, installboot(8) patches biosboot with information about the location of boot(8) on disk.
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BIOSBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386) # BIOSBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386)
NAME # biosboot - i386-specific first-stage system bootstrap
DESCRIPTION # This small program (roughly 512 bytes of code) is responsible for loading the second-stage boot(8) program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel.
biosboot must be installed by installboot(8). As part of the installation, installboot(8) patches biosboot with information about the location of boot(8) on disk.
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Init,
Biosboot,
Installboot,
Savecore,
Shutdown,
Ddb,
Pxeboot,
Halt,
Reboot,
Boot,
Boot-Amd64 BOOT_AMD64(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64) # BOOT_AMD64(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64)
NAME # boot_amd64 - amd64 system bootstrapping procedures
DESCRIPTION # Cold starts # The Athlon64 computers and clones will perform a POST (Power On Self Test) upon being booted cold. This test will find and initialize memory, keyboard, and other devices. It will search for and initialize any extension ROMs that are present, and then attempt to boot the operating system from an available boot drive.
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Init,
Biosboot,
Installboot,
Savecore,
Shutdown,
Ddb,
Pxeboot,
Halt,
Reboot,
Boot,
Boot-I386 BOOT_I386(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386) # BOOT_I386(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386)
NAME # boot_i386 - i386 system bootstrapping procedures
DESCRIPTION # Cold starts # The IBM PC computers and clones will perform a POST (Power On Self Test) upon being booted cold. This test will find and initialize memory, keyboard, and other devices. It will search for and initialize any extension ROMs that are present, and then attempt to boot the operating system from an available boot drive.
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Gzip,
Biosboot,
Installboot,
Fdisk,
Boot_config,
Ddb,
Pxeboot,
Boot_amd64,
Softraid,
Reboot,
Autoconf,
Boot BOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64) # BOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64)
NAME # boot, boot.conf - amd64-specific second-stage bootstrap
DESCRIPTION # The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the pitfalls of the PC BIOS architecture.
As described in boot_amd64(8), this program is loaded by the biosboot(8) primary bootstrap loader and provides a convenient way to load the kernel. This program acts as an enhanced boot monitor for PC systems, providing a common interface for the kernel to start from.
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Gzip,
Biosboot,
Installboot,
Boot_i386,
Fdisk,
Boot_config,
Ddb,
Pxeboot,
Softraid,
Reboot,
Autoconf,
Boot BOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386) # BOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386)
NAME # boot, boot.conf - i386-specific second-stage bootstrap
DESCRIPTION # The main purpose of this program is to load the system kernel while dealing with the pitfalls of the PC BIOS architecture.
As described in boot_i386(8), this program is loaded by the biosboot(8) primary bootstrap loader and provides a convenient way to load the kernel. This program acts as an enhanced boot monitor for PC systems, providing a common interface for the kernel to start from.
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