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.TH "ARCLOAD" "8" "25 November 2007" "" ""
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.SH NAME
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arcload \- bootloader for SGI/ARCS machines
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBarcload\fR \fIdevice\fR
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.PP
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\fBarcload\fR is a bootloader designed to load any Linux kernel on any
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SGI/ARCS machine. It supports booting the kernel from a variety of
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filesystems; currently, the following filesystems are supported:
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\fBext2\fR (\fBext3\fR), \fBfat\fR, \fBiso9660\fR, \fBjfs\fR,
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\fBminix\fR, \fBufs\fR, \fBxfs\fR and the \fB*arcfs\fR
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pseudo-filesystem.
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\fBarcload\fP usually resides in the volume header of a disk with an
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SGI disklabel.
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.SH "USAGE"
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.PP
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\fIdevice\fR is the device name of the disk containing the volume header
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\fBarcload\fR should go into. To use \fBarcload\fR you have to modify
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the following PROM variables:
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.P
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\fIsetenv OSLoader arcload\fR
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.P
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\fIsetenv SystemPartition dksc(c,d,8)\fR
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.P
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\fIsetenv OSLoadPartition dksc(c,d,p)\fR
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.P
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\fIsetenv OSLoadFilename label(option1,option2,...)\fR
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.P
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where \fIc\fR is the ID of the SCSI controller, \fId\fR the SCSI ID
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of the disk \fBarcload\fR resides on and \fIp\fR the partition number
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of the partition \fBarc.cf\fR and the kernels reside on (counting
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from 0). Note that \fBarc.cf\fR and the directory your kernels are in
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(usually / or /boot) have to be on the same partition. On boot,
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\fBarcload\fR looks at the \fIOSLoadFilename\fR PROM variable and
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tries to find a label with the same name in \fBarc.cf\fR.
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\fBarc.cf\fP can reside either in /etc or at the root of the partition pointed
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to by the \fIOSLoadFilename\fP variable.
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.SH "NOTES"
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\fBarcload\fR only loads ELF kernels.
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.SH "FILES"
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.BR /arc.cf
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\fBarcload\fR's configuration file
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.P
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.BR /usr/share/doc/arcload/examples
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configuration file examples
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.P
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.BR /usr/share/doc/arcload/README.Debian
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some notes about arcload for Debian
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.PP
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.PP
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dvhtool(1)
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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ARCLoad was written by Stanislaw Skowronek
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<skylark@linux-mips.org>. This manual page was written by Julien
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BLACHE <jblache@debian.org> for the Debian Project (but may be used by
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others), based on the arcboot(8) manpage.
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