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 NetBSD 1.4.

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.