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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                     January 11, 1998                     NetBSD 5.2