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14.Dd Oct 16, 2021
15.Dt INSTALLBOOT 8
16.Os
17.Sh NAME
18.Nm installboot
19.Nd install bootloader in a disk partition
20.Sh SYNOPSIS
21.Ss SPARC
22.Nm
23.Op Fl fn
24.Op Fl F Sy zfs Ns | Ns Sy ufs Ns | Ns Sy hsfs
25.Op Fl u Ar verstr
26.Ar bootblk raw-device
27.Nm
28.Op Fl enV
29.Fl F Sy zfs
30.Fl i
31.Ar raw-device | Ar file
32.Nm
33.Op Fl n
34.Fl F Sy zfs
35.Fl M
36.Ar raw-device attach-raw-device
37.Ss x86
38.Nm
39.Op Fl fFmn
40.Op Fl b Ar boot_dir
41.Op Fl u Ar verstr
42.Op Ar stage1 stage2
43raw-device
44.Nm
45.Op Fl enV
46.Fl i
47.Ar raw-device | Ar file
48.Nm
49.Op Fl n
50.Fl M
51.Ar raw-device attach-raw-device
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Xr boot 8
55boot program is loaded from disk and is responsible of loading kernel and its
56support files from specific file system.
57.Pp
58The SPARC systems have one boot loader program file to be installed on the boot
59area of a disk slice.
60As the SPARC zfs boot loader is too large to fit into boot area at the start of
61the disk slice,
62.Nm
63command will split the zfs boot loader between disk slice boot area, and zfs
64pool boot area.
65.Pp
66The x86 BIOS systems have boot loader implemented as three stages:
67.Bl -tag -width Ds
68.It Sy stage1
69.Pa /boot/pmbr
70is used as master boot record
71.Pq MBR
72and partition boot program.
73.It Sy stage2
74.Pa /boot/gptzfsboot
75is responsible for loading files from file system.
76The
77.Sy stage2
78on x86 systems is always installed to zfs pool boot area, and therefore only zfs
79boot is supported.
80.Nm
81command will record the location of
82.Sy stage2
83to
84.Sy stage1 ,
85which is always installed at least on partition
86.Pq MBR or GPT
87boot area, making it possible to boot via chainload from other boot loaders.
88.Pp
89When
90.Nm
91command is used with the
92.Fl m
93option,
94.Nm
95installs the stage1 file on the master boot sector of the disk as well.
96.It Sy stage3
97.Pa /boot/loader
98is read from file system and executed by
99.Sy stage2
100and will provide boot loader user environment and is responsible of loading
101and starting the operating system kernel.
102.Pp
103In case of GPT partitioning scheme, if the file system to boot from is either
104UFS or PCFS, there must be
105.Sy boot
106partition defined to store stage2 boot program.
107This is needed because UFS and PCFS do not have sufficient space reserved to
108store boot programs.
109.Pp
110The boot partition must use following GPT UUID:
111.Bd -literal -offset indent
1126a82cb45-1dd2-11b2-99a6-080020736631
113.Ed
114.Pp
115which is provided by
116.Qq boot
117tag in
118.Xr format 8
119partition menu.
120.El
121.Pp
122The x86 UEFI systems load and start boot loader program from
123.Sy /EFI/Boot
124directory of the EFI System Partition (ESP).
125The boot loader program in ESP is named
126.Sy bootx64.efi
127for AMD64 system and
128.Sy bootia32.efi
129for i386 system.
130Note, only a 64-bit kernel is supported, even on i386 systems.
131The
132.Sy bootia32.efi
133boot program is only provided to support systems with 32-bit UEFI firmware,
134but which can support 64-bit mode.
135.Pp
136The
137.Sy bootx64.efi
138is copied from
139.Sy /boot/loader64.efi
140and
141.Sy bootia32.efi
142is copied from
143.Sy /boot/loader32.efi .
144.Ss Options
145The
146.Nm
147command accepts the following options:
148.Bl -tag -width Ds
149.It Fl b Ar boot_dir
150Provide path to the directory, where loader boot programs are located.
151.Nm
152will automatically pick the needed programs and will install to the
153specified disk device.
154.It Fl h
155Prints short usage message.
156.It Fl m
157Installs
158.Sy stage1
159on the master boot sector interactively.
160You must use this option if OS is installed on an extended FDISK or an EFI/GPT
161partition.
162.It Fl f
163Suppresses interaction when overwriting the master boot sector on x86.
164Force update on SPARC.
165.It Fl n
166Dry run session.
167Will not write to disk.
168.It Fl F
169On SPARC, specify file system type.
170On x86, inhibit version check and enforce boot loader update.
171.It Fl u Ar verstr
172Specify custom version string.
173Can be used to add version on non-versioned boot loader or change built in
174version string.
175.It Fl i
176Print version string from installed boot loader or from indicated file.
177.It Fl e
178Print version string from installed boot loader without description.
179.It Fl V
180Print version string from installed boot loader with full description.
181.It Fl M
182Mirror boot loader from installed disk partition.
183.El
184.Ss Operands
185The
186.Nm
187command accepts the following operands:
188.Bl -tag -width Ds
189.It Ar bootblk
190The name of the SPARC boot loader code.
191.It Ar stage1
192The name of the loader stage 1 file.
193.It Ar stage2
194The name of the loader stage 2 file.
195.It Ar raw-device
196The name of the device onto which bootloader code is to be installed.
197It must be a character device that is readable and writable and part of boot
198pool.
199.El
200.Sh FILES
201.Bl -tag -width Ds
202.It Pa /boot
203Directory where x86 loader files reside.
204.It Pa /usr/platform/platform name/lib/fs
205Directory where SPARC boot loader files reside.
206.El
207.Sh EXAMPLES
208.Bl -tag -width Ds
209.It Sy Example 1 No Installing zfs boot loader on SPARC disk slice
210The following command installs zfs boot loader on SPARC system:
211.Bd -literal
212# installboot -F zfs /usr/platform/`uname -i`/lib/fs/zfs/bootblk \e
213  /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
214.Ed
215.It Sy Example 2 No Installing boot loader on x86 system
216The following command installs loader stage files and master boot record:
217.Bd -literal
218# installboot -m /boot/pmbr /boot/gptzfsboot /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s0
219.Ed
220.El
221.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
222.Sy Uncommitted
223.Sh SEE ALSO
224.Xr attributes 7 ,
225.Xr boot 8 ,
226.Xr bootadm 8 ,
227.Xr fdisk 8 ,
228.Xr fmthard 8 ,
229.Xr format 8 ,
230.Xr kernel 8
231.Sh WARNINGS
232Installing
233.Sy stage1
234on the master boot sector
235.Po
236.Fl m
237option
238.Pc
239overrides any boot loader currently installed on the machine.
240The system will always boot the current OS partition regardless of which fdisk
241partition is active.
242.Pp
243If version string indicates the source boot loader might be more recent,
244.Nm
245will also verify md5 checksums to determine if update is really necessary.
246If checksums match, the install will not be performed.
247