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.Dd January 11, 1998 .Dt BOOTPREF 8 atari .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 NetBSD 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 AUTHOR .An Julian Coleman .Sh CAVEATS 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 .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr installboot 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command first appeared in .Nx 1.4
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