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2# Treboot DReboot the system
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4	reboot
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6	Causes the system to immediately reboot.
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9# Theap DDisplay memory management statistics
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11	heap
12
13	Requests debugging output from the heap manager.  For debugging use
14	only.
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17# Tset Snum_ide_disks DSet the number of IDE disks
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19	NOTE: this variable is deprecated, use root_disk_unit instead.
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21	set num_ide_disks=<value>
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23	When booting from a SCSI disk on a system with one or more IDE disks,
24	and where the IDE disks are the default boot device, it is necessary
25	to tell the kernel how many IDE disks there are in order to have it
26	correctly locate the SCSI disk you are booting from.
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29# Tset Sroot_disk_unit DForce the root disk unit number.
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31	set root_disk_unit=<value>
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33	If the code which detects the disk unit number for the root disk is
34	confused, eg. by a mix of SCSI and IDE disks, or IDE disks with
35	gaps in the sequence (eg. no primary slave), the unit number can be
36	forced by setting this variable.
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39# Tsmap DDisplay BIOS SMAP table
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41	smap
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43	Displays the BIOS SMAP (system memory map) table.
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46# Tchain DChain load disk block
47
48	chain disk:
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50	chain will read stage1 (MBR or VBR) boot block from specified device
51	to address 0000:7C00 and attempts to run it. Use lsdev to get available
52	device names. Disk name must end with colon.
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