.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man-spec.\" from a DocBook document.  docbook2man-spec can be found at:.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/hacks/docbook2X/> .\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches, .\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>..TH "ABOOTCONF" "8" "09 April 2001" "abootconf" "".SH NAMEabootconf \- Configure the location of the configuration file for the secondary boot loader aboot(8) for Linux/Alpha..SH "SYNOPSIS".PPabootconf \fI/dev/xxx num\fR.SH "COPYRIGHT".PP\fBabootconf\fR is Copyright (C) 1996 Linus Torvalds, David Mosberger and Michael Schwingen.SH "DESCRIPTIONS".PP\fBabootconf\fR is used to change the partitionthe alpha Linux boot loader \fBaboot\fR(8)looks for its configuration file in. The configuration file is storedin \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR(5)relative to the root of the filesystem in this partition..PP\fBabootconf\fR requires the bootdevice(e.g. /dev/hdb, /dev/sda) and the partitionto be used (e.g. 3). Thus if you want to boot from partition E: on your secondSCSI disk you would enter.PP\fBabootconf \fI/dev/sdb 5\fB\fR.SH "NOTES".PP\fBabootconf\fR is not needed if you are bootingyour alpha system via \fBmilo\fR. .PPFor each disk one partition can be activated to contain the configurationfor \fBaboot\fR(8) which is located in\fIetc/aboot.conf\fR(5).The disk chosen to boot from is selected atthe SRM prompt as the second argument, e.g..PP\fBboot \fIdqa\fB\fR.PPto boot from your first ide hard disk. See the Compaq SRM-Manual and\fBaboot\fR(8)for details..PP\fBaboot\fR(8) can load a kernel from anarbitrary partition and can even use a differentroot partition than the one \fIetc/aboot.conf\fRbelongs to. Hence you would usuallyset up one \fIetc/aboot.conf\fR with all combinations andwould not require \fBabootconf\fR except for initialset up. You can thenboot the requestedLinux kernel by giving the appropriate flags at the SRM prompt, e.g. to bootthe entry labled 2 you would use.PP\fBboot \fIdqa -fl "2"\fB\fR.PPSee the Compaq SRM manual and \fIaboot.conf\fR(5)for details..PPTo show the current setting simply omit the last argument (i.e. the partitionnumber)..PPNot that you have to rerun \fBabootconf\fR if you updated\fBaboot\fR..PPNote that this applies to Linux only as VMS, Tru64, *BSD andWindows NT each have their own secondary boot loader..SH "AUTHOR".PPThis man page was written by Helge Kreutzmann <kreutzm@itp.uni-hannover.de> for the Debian GNU/Linux project..SH "FILES".PP\fIetc/aboot.conf\fR.SH "SEE ALSO".PP\fBaboot\fR(8), \fBswriteboot\fR(8), \fIaboot.conf\fR(5), Compaq SRM Manual