NAME
xxboot – LANDISK-specific primary boot loader
DESCRIPTION
This small program, residing in the reserved sectors at the beginning of the root file system of the system, is responsible for loading the second-stage boot(8) program (typically /boot), which in turn will load the kernel.
When xxboot receives control from the master boot record (MBR), it will print a banner:
OpenBSD MBR
followed by a little twiddler while reading the second-stage boot.
xxboot must be installed by installboot(8).
FILES
- /usr/mdec/mbr
-
Master Boot Record block
- /usr/mdec/xxboot
-
primary bootstrap
- /boot
-
secondary bootstrap
- /bsd
-
OpenBSD kernel
- /bsd.rd
-
OpenBSD kernel for installation/recovery
DIAGNOSTICS
xxboot will print messages indicating errors as returned from the firmware.