January 11, 1998 BOOTPREF 8 atari

### 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 NetBSD1.4.

### 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.