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.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH VMELILO 8 "November 1998" "Version 1.1.1"
.SH NAME
vmelilo \- VME Linux/m68k Loader
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vmelilo
[
.B \-h
]
[
.B \-v
]
[
.B \-a id
]
[
.B \-f
]
[
.B \-B
]
[
.B \-b
.I file
]
[
.B \-u
]
[
.B \-w
.I prefix
]
[
.B \-r
.I file
]
[
.B \-s
.I file
]
[
.B \-d
.I device
]
[
.B \-c
.I file
]
[
.B \-l
.I file
]
[
.B \-t
]
[
.B \-V
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B vmelilo
is used to install a VME Linux/m68k boot block loader on a boot partition.
It can also be used to save boot blocks to a file or restore boot blocks from
a file. By default
.B vmelilo
will detect the machine type it is running on and will
install an appropriate boot loader.
.SH PREREQUISITES
BVMBug Revision
.B E
or later boot ROMs for BVME4000/6000.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -h, --help
Display the usage information.
.TP
.B -v, --verbose
Enable verbose mode.
.TP
.B -f, --force
Force installation and restore over an unknown boot block.
.TP
.B -a, --arch id
Override automatic machine type detection to allow disk initialisation on
a foreign system. Also allows the machine type to be specified when
'/proc/hardware' does not show the correct model.
Where
.B id
is:
.sp
.B bvme
\- BVME4000/6000
.br
.B mvme
\- Motorola MVME
.TP
.B -w, --root prefix
Use another root directory instead of /.
.TP
.B -B, --force-backup
Force a boot block backup even if a boot block backup file exists.
.TP
.B -b, --backup-file file
Write boot block backup to
.I file
instead of /boot/backup.xx.yy.
Specify /dev/null if no boot block backup is required.
.TP
.B -u, --uninstall
Uninstall by restoring the backed up boot block from
/boot/backup.xx.yy.
.TP
.B -r, --restore-from file
Restore the boot block from
.I file.
.TP
.B -s, --save-to file
Just save the boot block to
.I file.
.TP
.B -d, --device device
Override block special device in configuration file.
.TP
.B -c, --config-file file
Read configuration settings from file instead of /etc/lilo.conf. If file
is '-' the configuration data is read from standard input.
.TP
.B -l, --loader-file file
Write boot loader code to
.I file
instead of /boot/boot.loader.
.TP
.B -t, --test
Test mode, don't actually write boot block.
.TP
.B -V, --version
Display the version information.
.SH FILES
.TP
.B /etc/vmelilo.conf
Configuration file.
.TP
.B /boot/backup.xx.yy
Boot block backup, created by
.I vmelilo.
xx and yy are replaced by the device major and minor numbers
respectively.
.TP
.B /boot/boot.loader
Default loader executable, created by
.I vmelilo.
.SH AUTHOR
Nick Holgate (holgate@debian.org)
.PP
The original idea for this program comes from the Linux distribution:
.TP
.B LILO
Generic Boot Loader for Linux ("LInux LOader") by Werner Almesberger
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR vmelilo.conf(5)
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