Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the copyright notices on the relevant files. =================================================================== RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8,v rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present. retrieving revision 1.58 retrieving revision 1.59 diff -u -p -r1.58 -r1.59 --- src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8 2018/03/19 09:06:20 1.58 +++ src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8 2018/04/11 07:13:18 1.59 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.58 2018/03/19 09:06:20 mlelstv Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: gpt.8,v 1.59 2018/04/11 07:13:18 mrg Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002 Marcel Moolenaar .\" All rights reserved. @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD: src/sbin/gpt/gpt.8,v 1.17 2006/06/22 22:22:32 marcel Exp $ .\" -.Dd January 15, 2018 +.Dd March 5, 2018 .Dt GPT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -716,6 +716,25 @@ nas# gpt show -l wd3 3907029167 1 Sec GPT header nas# .Ed +.Pp +Booting from GPT on an BIOS system. +This creates a bootable partition that can be manually installed to. +Note that +.Xr sysinst 8 +does not yet properly support this setup. +.Bd -literal +xotica# gpt create wd1 +xotica# gpt add -b 1024 -l bootroot -t ffs -s 1g wd1 +/dev/rwd1: Partition 1 added: 49f48d5a-b10e-11dc-b99b-0019d1879648 1024 2097152 +xotica ~# dmesg | tail -2 +wd1: GPT GUID: 660e0630-0a3f-47c0-bc52-c88bcec79392 +dk0 at wd1: "bootroot", 2097152 blocks at 1024, type: ffs +xotica# gpt biosboot -L bootroot wd1 +xotica# newfs dk0 +xotica# installboot /dev/rdk0 /usr/mdec/bootxx_ffsv1 +xotica# mount /dev/dk0 /mnt +xotica# cp /usr/mdec/boot /mnt +.Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr boot 8 , .Xr dkctl 8 , @@ -723,7 +742,7 @@ nas# .Xr installboot 8 , .Xr mount 8 , .Xr newfs 8 , -.Xr swapon 8 +.Xr swapctl 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm