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diff --git a/sys/man/8/booting b/sys/man/8/booting index dc19cf3d6..12e27ddb4 100644 --- a/sys/man/8/booting +++ b/sys/man/8/booting @@ -17,37 +17,12 @@ Be sure to read to understand what happens after the kernel is loaded. .SS Terminals To bootstrap a diskless terminal or a CPU server, a file server must be running. -PCs can boot from a floppy disk or any FAT16 partition. -On all the terminals, typing two control-T's followed by a lower-case -.B r -reboots the machine; -other methods of rebooting are mentioned for some machines. .SS PCs -To boot a PC, it is necessary to get -.B /386/9bootfat -.B /386/9bootiso -or -.B /386/9bootpxe -loaded into memory. -There are many ways to do this. A Plan 9 boot floppy prepared by -.B format -(see -.IR prep (8)) -will load -.B 9bootfat -when the PC is reset or powered on. -Other methods are described in -.IR 9boot (8). -.B 9boot -then locates and loads a Plan 9 kernel, using configuration information -from the file -.B plan9.ini -stored in the -.B 9fat -configuration partition or on a DOS file system. -See +On a PC, the .IR 9boot (8) -for details. +program is used to load the kernel +.B /386/9pcf +into memory. .PP Once the kernel is booted, it behaves like the others. See @@ -91,12 +66,9 @@ for terminals. .SS CPU Servers The Plan 9 CPU servers are multi-user, so they do not request a user name when booting. -On the CPU servers, typing a control-P on the console reboots the machine. .SS PC CPU Server Proceed as for the PC terminal, but load -.B /386/9pccpu -or -.BR /386/9pccpudisk . +.B /386/9pccpuf . .SS Alpha PC CPU Server Proceed as for the Alpha PC terminal, but use .B /alpha/9apccpu |