Boot-Sparc64

BOOT_SPARC64(8) - System Manager's Manual (sparc64)

Init, Installboot, Savecore, Shutdown, Boot_config, Ddb, Softraid, Halt, Reboot, Boot-Sparc64

BOOT_SPARC64(8) - System Manager’s Manual (sparc64) # BOOT_SPARC64(8) - System Manager’s Manual (sparc64) NAME # boot_sparc64 - sparc64 system bootstrapping procedures DESCRIPTION # System starts # When powered on, after a panic, or if the system is rebooted via reboot(8) or shutdown(8), the PROM will proceed to its initialization, and will boot an operating system if autoboot is enabled. Boot process description # The sparc64 boot process is split into two parts: a small first-stage bootblock that is written into the superblock area of a partition (and hence is limited in size to SBSIZE - DEV_BSIZE bytes) , and a second-stage boot program that resides in the filesystem proper. ...