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 preferences.
SEE ALSO
installboot(8)
HISTORY
The
bootpref
command first appeared in
NetBSD1.4.
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.