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@ -24,14 +24,12 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.\" Note: The date here should be updated whenever a non-trivial
.\" change is made to the manual page.
.Dd November 4, 2002
.Dt NEXTBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm nextboot
.Nd specify an alternate kernel and boot flags for the next reboot
.Nd "specify an alternate kernel and boot flags for the next reboot"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl f
@ -43,7 +41,10 @@
The
.Nm
utility allows specifying an alternate kernel and/or boot flags for the
next time the machine is booted. Once the loader loads in the new kernel
next time the machine is booted.
Once the
.Xr loader 8
loads in the new kernel
information, it is deleted so in case the new kernel hangs the machine,
once it is rebooted, the machine will automatically revert to its previous
configuration.
@ -53,32 +54,35 @@ The options are as follows:
.It Fl D
Invoking
.Nm
with the
.Fl D
option removes an existing nextboot configuration.
with this
option removes an existing
.Nm
configuration.
.It Fl f
The
.Fl f
This
option disables the sanity checking which checks if the kernel really exists
before writing the nextboot configuration.
before writing the
.Nm
configuration.
.It Fl k Ar kernel
The
.Fl k
option with required kernel argument specifies a kernel directory relative to
This option specifies a kernel directory relative to
.Pa /boot
to load the kernel and any modules from.
.It Fl o Ar options
The
.Fl o
allows the passing of kernel flags for the nextboot.
This option
allows the passing of kernel flags for the next boot.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width ".Pa /boot/nextboot.conf" -compact
.It Pa /boot/nextboot.conf
The configuration file that the nextboot configuration is written into.
The configuration file that the
.Nm
configuration is written into.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
To boot the GENERIC kernel with the
To boot the
.Pa GENERIC
kernel with the
.Nm
command:
.Pp
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This manual page was written by
.An Gordon Tetlow Aq gordon@FreeBSD.org .
.Sh BUGS
The nextboot code is implemented in the loader. It is not the most throughly
tested code. It is also my first attempt to write in Forth.
The
.Nm
code is implemented in the
.Xr loader 8 .
It is not the most throughly tested code.
It is also my first attempt to write in Forth.
.Pp
Finally, it does some evil things like writing to the filesystem before it
has been checked. If it scrambles your filesystem, don't blame me.
has been checked.
If it scrambles your filesystem, do not blame me.