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RevisionDateAuthorComments
 1.18  09-Jun-2024  tsutsui Update misc ofwboot(8) descriptions.

- add examples how to boot USB flash containing bootable CD ISO
- also add notes how to check a device path of USB flash
- no need to specify a name of "netbsd.macppc" because ofwboot(8)
searches "netbsd", "netbsd.gz", and "netbsd.macppc" by default
- describe about partition "zero" required on booting via raw ofwboot
- no need to specify boot-file (i.e. ofwboot.xcf) on booting from CD
on Open Firmware 1 or 2 machines that use the partition "zero" method
- remove leftover of ancient release number of NetBSD "1.5"
- add "CLAIM failed" case in ERROR section
- add notes that it's recommended to restart Open Firmware by
"reset-all" command if got any Open Firmware errors
- add links to "NetBSD/macppc Partitioning HOW-TO" and
"NetBSD/macppc Model Support" in the SEE ALSO section
- use https for links also use https://cdn.NetBSD.org/ instead of
obsolete ftp:
- avoid newlines in boot-device and boot-file argument descriptions
- consistently use "\" in the boot-file paths
- consistently use "CD-ROM" rather than "CDROM"
- remove an obsolete commented out block
- bump date
 1.17  02-Mar-2024  uwe ofwboot(8): correct previous example
 1.16  01-Mar-2024  uwe ofwboot(8): add some practical examples

The system you want to boot into the single user mode is probably the
default installation, so a simple "boot -s" is enough for that. Don't
be redundant and scary.

Also provide an example that uses full syntax for the kernel name. It
is confusingly similar to the OFW syntax for boot-device yet
different. That example also demonstrates how one might test a
different version of ofwboot.
 1.15  03-Feb-2024  uwe ofwboot(8): improve formatting
 1.14  03-Jul-2017  wiz Remove workaround for ancient HTML generation code.
 1.13  13-Nov-2014  snj branches: 1.13.8;
adapt to modern ISO image naming conventions
 1.12  17-Mar-2012  wiz branches: 1.12.10;
njoly remarks that Lk doesn't make sense here, since it won't ever resolve
correctly due to using ${RELEASE} in the URL. Revert previous.
 1.11  17-Mar-2012  wiz Use Lk.
 1.10  11-Mar-2012  njoly Use Lk macro instead of Pa when dealing with URLs, to produce links
with HTML output. And while here update some dead URL links.
First part of PR/29238.
 1.9  30-Apr-2008  martin branches: 1.9.20;
Convert TNF licenses to new 2 clause variant
 1.8  14-Dec-2007  pavel branches: 1.8.4; 1.8.6;
Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.
 1.7  26-Jul-2003  salo branches: 1.7.18; 1.7.20; 1.7.24;
netbsd.org->NetBSD.org
 1.6  30-Jun-2003  wiz Fixes to make these man page look nice with groff-1.19.
 1.5  10-Feb-2003  grant new sentence, new line. add Xr to installboot(8).
 1.4  23-Dec-2002  grant Fix a typo.

From Bryan Vyhmeister in PR 19503.
 1.3  13-Feb-2002  ross Generate <>& symbolically. I'm avoiding .../dist/... directories for now.
 1.2  26-Dec-2001  wiz Fix Xref.
 1.1  18-Aug-2001  wiz Add ofwboot man page.
Written by Makoto Fujiwara, and improved upon by Michael Wolfson and myself.
 1.7.24.1  09-Jan-2008  matt sync with HEAD
 1.7.20.1  06-Jan-2008  wrstuden Catch up to netbsd-4.0 release.
 1.7.18.1  15-Dec-2007  bouyer Pull up following revision(s) (requested by pavel in ticket #1018):
doc/README.files: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.53
share/man/man8/afterboot.8: revision 1.34
share/doc/papers/bus_dma/about.me: revision 1.4
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/ofwboot.8: revision 1.8
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/boot.8: revision 1.5
share/man/man8/compat_hpux.8: revision 1.5
Update URLs after website reorganization. patch by OKANO Takayoshi, from
PR 37070.
 1.8.6.1  18-May-2008  yamt sync with head.
 1.8.4.1  02-Jun-2008  mjf Sync with HEAD.
 1.9.20.1  17-Apr-2012  yamt sync with head
 1.12.10.1  14-Nov-2014  martin Pull up following revision(s) (requested by snj in ticket #227):
Makefile: revision 1.311
build.sh: revision 1.299
doc/BUILDING.mdoc: revision 1.105
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.16
distrib/notes/macppc/prep.OPENFIRMWARE: revision 1.17
BUILDING: revision 1.110
distrib/notes/arc/prep: revision 1.3
distrib/notes/arc/prep: revision 1.4
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.12
distrib/notes/cats/prep: revision 1.13
distrib/notes/sparc/install: revision 1.58
distrib/notes/common/main: revision 1.512
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/ofwboot.8: revision 1.13
Update path to release ISOs.
 1.13.8.1  02-Sep-2019  martin Pull up following revision(s) (requested by sevan in ticket #1351):

share/man/man4/man4.amiga/grf.4: revision 1.7
share/man/man4/si.4: revision 1.11
share/man/man8/man8.sparc/boot.8: revision 1.32
share/man/man5/nsswitch.conf.5: revision 1.29
share/man/man5/mixerctl.conf.5: revision 1.7
share/man/man8/man8.vax/boot.8: revision 1.14
share/man/man4/man4.vax/dn.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man8/man8.vax/drtest.8: revision 1.16
share/man/man8/sysinst.8: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/ip.4: revision 1.37
share/man/man5/boot.cfg.5: revision 1.28
share/man/man1/cd.1: revision 1.10
share/man/man4/usb.4: revision 1.106
share/man/man4/man4.vax/ix.4: revision 1.17
share/man/man7/security.7: revision 1.15
share/man/man7/hier.7: revision 1.123
share/man/man8/afterboot.8: revision 1.58
share/man/man1/man1.x68k/bellctrl.1: revision 1.14
share/man/man4/se.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/utoppy.4: revision 1.7
share/man/man4/midi.4: revision 1.32
share/man/man4/cfb.4: revision 1.5
share/man/man4/man4.sparc/magma.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/audio.4: revision 1.80
share/man/man4/isic.4: revision 1.18
share/man/man1/cd.1: revision 1.7
share/man/man4/envsys.4: revision 1.51
share/man/man1/cd.1: revision 1.8
share/man/man1/cd.1: revision 1.9
share/man/man3/fast_divide32.3: revision 1.9
share/man/man4/pci.4: revision 1.97
share/man/man5/ranlib.5: revision 1.7
share/man/man3/__arraycount.3: revision 1.7
share/man/man4/isa.4: revision 1.46
share/man/man8/man8.atari/ahdilabel.8: revision 1.14
share/man/man4/chipsfb.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/boot.8: revision 1.8
share/man/man5/passwd.5: revision 1.33
share/man/man8/man8.macppc/ofwboot.8: revision 1.14
share/man/man8/compat_linux.8: revision 1.38
share/man/man4/iop.4: revision 1.22
share/man/man4/ddb.4: revision 1.167
share/man/man4/termios.4: revision 1.37
share/man/man8/compat_freebsd.8: revision 1.18
share/man/man5/ar.5: revision 1.9
share/man/man7/release.7: revision 1.37
share/man/man5/core.5: revision 1.31
share/man/man4/ahd.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/man4.vax/ad.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/pppoe.4: revision 1.39
share/man/man5/locale.alias.5: revision 1.3
share/man/man8/man8.amiga/installboot.8: revision 1.23
share/man/man4/etherip.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man3/queue.3: revision 1.57
share/man/man5/genassym.cf.5: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/mpls.4: revision 1.10
share/man/man1/wait.1: revision 1.5
share/man/man5/capfile.5: revision 1.4
share/man/man4/man4.alpha/ttwopci.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/man4.atari/rtc.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/gpiosim.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man3/bitstring.3: revision 1.18
share/man/man4/isdntel.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/ai.4: revision 1.9
share/man/man8/man8.hppa/boot.8: revision 1.2
share/man/man4/uyurex.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man8/man8.alpha/mkbootimage.8: revision 1.9
share/man/man4/bpf.4: revision 1.56
share/man/man4/man4.amiga/mfcs.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/cmpci.4: revision 1.9
share/man/man8/man8.vax/format.8: revision 1.14
share/man/man8/compat_svr4.8: revision 1.27
share/man/man4/crypto.4: revision 1.26
share/man/man4/userconf.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/agp.4: revision 1.17
share/man/man9/man9.i386/bioscall.9: revision 1.10
share/man/man4/uftdi.4: revision 1.20
share/man/man4/radio.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/mfb.4: revision 1.5
share/man/man7/ascii.7: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/man4.vax/dl.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/ral.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/unix.4: revision 1.26
share/man/man4/edc.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/pim.4: revision 1.5
share/man/man8/compat_ultrix.8: revision 1.21
share/man/man4/dge.4: revision 1.11
share/man/man8/diskless.8: revision 1.32
share/man/man5/passwd.conf.5: revision 1.11
share/man/man8/man8.acorn26/boot26.8: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/man4.vax/hy.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/plip.4: revision 1.4
share/man/man4/sc.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/ec.4: revision 1.14
share/man/man4/man4.sgimips/giopci.4: revision 1.9
share/man/man7/sysctl.7: revision 1.114
share/man/man3/bits.3: revision 1.18
share/man/man4/we.4: revision 1.19
share/man/man8/compat_sunos.8: revision 1.21
share/man/man4/ip6.4: revision 1.31
share/man/man4/acpilid.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/man4.dreamcast/aica.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/mfi.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/ugen.4: revision 1.32
share/man/man4/jme.4: revision 1.7
share/man/man4/man4.sparc64/intro.4: revision 1.5
share/man/man4/zyd.4: revision 1.5
share/man/man4/gre.4: revision 1.45
share/man/man3/bitmap.3: revision 1.10
share/man/man4/man4.vax/cons.4: revision 1.12
share/man/man3/gcq.3: revision 1.4
share/man/man4/man4.hppa/pdc.4: revision 1.3
share/man/man4/multicast.4: revision 1.8
share/man/man4/man4.sparc/intro.4: revision 1.27
share/man/man4/ath.4: revision 1.32
share/man/man4/ym.4: revision 1.19
share/man/man3/iso646.3: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/btsco.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/man4.i386/ndis.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/pad.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/strip.4: revision 1.16
share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/amr.4: revision 1.15
share/man/man4/ieee80211.4: revision 1.5
share/man/man4/options.4: revision 1.467
share/man/man5/link.5: revision 1.24
share/man/man8/man8.cobalt/boot.8: revision 1.10
share/man/man5/stab.5: revision 1.15
share/man/man3/tree.3: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/route.4: revision 1.31
share/man/man4/man4.sun3/leds.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/bluetooth.4: revision 1.20
share/man/man4/man4.i386/pcibios.4: revision 1.19
share/man/man5/veriexec.5: revision 1.8
share/man/man7/operator.7: revision 1.12
share/man/man4/man4.hp300/dcl.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/man4.i386/intro.4: revision 1.31
share/man/man5/ld.so.conf.5: revision 1.21
share/man/man8/man8.alpha/boot.8: revision 1.16
share/man/man4/bio.4: revision 1.13
share/man/man4/man4.sun2/leds.4: revision 1.10
share/man/man8/man8.x86/mbr.8: revision 1.4
share/man/man8/man8.mvme68k/boot.8: revision 1.9
share/man/man4/man4.alpha/ttwoga.4: revision 1.6
share/man/man4/ahc.4: revision 1.34

Direct reader to shell documentation generally, rather than csh(1)
specifically.

Mention variables OLDPWD and PWD.

Move the text that explains that cd(1) is a shell built-in to the very
beginning of the description where it can be seen prominently.

Improve formatting.

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Remove workaround for ancient HTML generation code.
Use EXIT STATUS and .Ex.

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