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.Dd February 17, 2017
.Dt BOOTPREF 8 atari
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm bootpref
.Nd set NVRAM boot preference
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm bootpref
.Op -v
.Op -b os
.Op -d delay
.Op -l lang
.Op -k kbd
.Op -s id
.Op -f fmt
.Op -1
.Op -2
.Op -e sep
.Op -c colours
.Op -n
.Op -p
.Op -t
.Op -v
.Op -4
.Op -8
.Op -o
.Op -O
.Op -x
.Op -X
.Op -i
.Op -I
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm bootpref
views and sets the NVRAM boot preferences.

p
The program options are:
l -tag -width Ar t Fl V verbose output (when setting preferences)
t Fl b Ar netbsd set the boot OS to
.Nx
t Fl b Ar tos set the boot OS to TOS
t Fl b Ar linux set the boot OS to Linux
t Fl b Ar systemv set the boot OS to System V
t Fl b Ar none set the boot OS to none
t Fl d Ar delay set the boot delay to
.Ar delay
seconds, where
.Ar delay
is a value between 0 and 255
t Fl l Ar english set the language to English
t Fl l Ar german set the language to German
t Fl l Ar french set the language to French
t Fl l Ar spanish set the language to Spanish
t Fl l Ar italian set the language to Italian
t Fl k Ar american set the keyboard layout to American
t Fl k Ar german set the keyboard layout to German
t Fl k Ar french set the keyboard layout to French
t Fl k Ar british set the keyboard layout to British
t Fl k Ar spanish set the keyboard layout to Spanish
t Fl k Ar italian set the keyboard layout to Italian
t Fl k Ar sw f t Fl k Ar swiss french set the keyboard layout to Swiss (French)
t Fl k Ar sw g t Fl k Ar swiss german set the keyboard layout to Swiss (German)
t Fl s Ar id set the SCSI id to
.Ar id ,
where
.Ar id
is a value between 0 and 7
t Fl f Ar mmddyy t Fl f Ar ddmmyy t Fl f Ar yymmdd t Fl f Ar yyddmm set the date format
t Fl 1 set the date format to 12 hour clock
t Fl 2 set the date format to 24 hour clock
t Fl e Ar sep set the date format separator to
.Ar sep
t Fl c Ar colours set the number of
.Ar colours
- 2, 4, 16, 256 or 65535
t Fl n set the video mode to
.Ar NTSC
t Fl p set the video mode to
.Ar PAL
t Fl t set the video mode to
.Ar TV
t Fl v set the video mode to
.Ar VGA
t Fl 4 set the video mode to
.Ar 40 columns
t Fl 8 set the video mode to
.Ar 80 columns
t Fl o set the video mode to
.Ar overscan
t Fl O set the video mode to
.Ar no overscan
t Fl x set the video mode to
.Ar ST compatibility
t Fl X set the video mode to
.Ar no ST compatibility
t Fl i set the video mode to
.Ar interlace
(TV),
.Ar double line
(VGA)
t Fl I set the video mode to
.Ar no interlace/double line
.El

p
All strings can be specified by their shortest abbreviation

p
If no parameters are specified,
.Nm bootpref
shows the current boot preferences.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr atari/installboot 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Nx 1.4 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Julian Coleman
.Sh BUGS
Setting the boot OS to
.Ar none
will cause the machine not to boot from the hard disk.

p
The majority of the parameters are not used under
.Nx .