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.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
.\" the Systems Programming Group of the University of Utah Computer
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reboot \- UNIX bootstrapping procedures
UNIX is started by placing it at the beginning of physical memory
and transferring to the entry point.
Since the system is not reenterable,
it is necessary to read it in from disk or tape
each time it is to be bootstrapped.
.B Rebooting a running system.
When a UNIX is running and a reboot is desired,
If there are no users then
Reboot causes the disks to be synced and allows the system
to perform other shutdown activities such as resynchronizing
hardware time-of-day clocks.
A multi-user reboot (as described below) is then initiated.
This causes a system to be
booted and an automatic disk check to be performed. If all this succeeds
without incident, the system is then brought up for many users.
option forces a memory dump to the swap area (see
This can be used if the system is in a funny state that you would
like to ``snapshot'' and analyze later.
option avoids the sync. It can be used if a disk or the processor
reboots quickly and ungracefully, without shutting down running
option reboots to single user mode.
normally logs the reboot using
and places a shutdown record in the login accounting file (see
These actions are inhibited if the
.B "Power fail and crash recovery."
Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes.
An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed,
and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
On an HP300, the boot procedure uses the boot rom to load a boot program
from an LIF format directory at the beginning of an attached disk.
The /usr/mdec directory contains a disk boot program ``bootrd''
which should be placed in a new pack automatically by
when the ``a'' partition file system on the pack is created.
finds the corresponding file on the given device
loads that file into memory,
and starts the program at the entry address specified in the program header.
The boot program can be interrupted by typing `^C' (ctrl-C).
This will force the boot program to interactively prompt for a system to boot.
If not interrupted, it will boot from the device from which the boot
program itself was loaded.
The file specifications used for an interactive boot are of the form:
is the type of the device to be searched,
is 8 * the hpib number plus the unit number of the disk or tape,
is the disk partition or tape file number.
Normal line editing characters can be used when typing the file specification.
Currently, ``rd'' is the only valid
to boot from the `a' file system of unit 0 on HP-IB 2,
type \*(lqrd(16,0)vmunix\*(rq
For tapes, the minor device number gives a file offset.
In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the paper
``Installing 4.3bsd on the HP300''
can be used to boot from a distribution tape.
.ta \w'/usr/mdec/installboot 'u
/usr/mdec/bootrd LIF format boot block
/usr/mdec/installboot program to install boot blocks