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BOOTPREF(8)          NetBSD/atari System Manager's Manual          BOOTPREF(8)


NAME
bootpref -- set NVRAM boot preference
SYNOPSIS
bootpref [-v] [-b os] [-d delay] [-l lang] [-k kbd] [-s id] [-f fmt] [-1] [-2] [-e sep] [-c colours] [-n] [-p] [-t] [-v] [-4] [-8] [-o] [-O] [-x] [-X] [-i] [-I]
DESCRIPTION
bootpref views and sets the NVRAM boot preferences. The program options are: -V verbose output (when setting preferences) -b netbsd set the boot OS to NetBSD -b tos set the boot OS to TOS -b linux set the boot OS to Linux -b systemv set the boot OS to System V -b none set the boot OS to none -d delay set the boot delay to delay seconds, where delay is a value between 0 and 255 -l english set the language to English -l german set the language to German -l french set the language to French -l spanish set the language to Spanish -l italian set the language to Italian -k american set the keyboard layout to American -k german set the keyboard layout to German -k french set the keyboard layout to French -k british set the keyboard layout to British -k spanish set the keyboard layout to Spanish -k italian set the keyboard layout to Italian -k sw f -k swiss french set the keyboard layout to Swiss (French) -k sw g -k swiss german set the keyboard layout to Swiss (German) -s id set the SCSI id to id, where id is a value between 0 and 7 -f mmddyy -f ddmmyy -f yymmdd -f yyddmm set the date format -1 set the date format to 12 hour clock -2 set the date format to 24 hour clock -e sep set the date format separator to sep -c colours set the number of colours - 2, 4, 16, 256 or 65535 -n set the video mode to NTSC -p set the video mode to PAL -t set the video mode to TV -v set the video mode to VGA -4 set the video mode to 40 columns -8 set the video mode to 80 columns -o set the video mode to overscan -O set the video mode to no overscan -x set the video mode to ST compatibility -X set the video mode to no ST compatibility -i set the video mode to interlace (TV), double line (VGA) -I set the video mode to no interlace/double line All strings can be specified by their shortest abbreviation If no parameters are specified, bootpref shows the current boot prefer- ences.
SEE ALSO
installboot(8)
HISTORY
The bootpref command first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.
AUTHORS
Julian Coleman
BUGS
Setting the boot OS to none will cause the machine not to boot from the hard disk. The majority of the parameters are not used under NetBSD. NetBSD 5.2.2 January 11, 1998 NetBSD 5.2.2

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