.TH "ARCLOAD" "8" "25 November 2007" "" ""
.SH NAME
arcload \- bootloader for SGI/ARCS machines
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBarcload\fR \fIdevice\fR

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
\fBarcload\fR is a bootloader designed to load any Linux kernel on any
SGI/ARCS machine. It supports booting the kernel from a variety of
filesystems; currently, the following filesystems are supported:
\fBext2\fR (\fBext3\fR), \fBfat\fR, \fBiso9660\fR, \fBjfs\fR,
\fBminix\fR, \fBufs\fR, \fBxfs\fR and the \fB*arcfs\fR
pseudo-filesystem.

\fBarcload\fP usually resides in the volume header of a disk with an
SGI disklabel.
.SH "USAGE"
.PP
\fIdevice\fR is the device name of the disk containing the volume header
\fBarcload\fR should go into. To use \fBarcload\fR you have to  modify
the following PROM variables:
.P
\fIsetenv OSLoader arcload\fR
.P
\fIsetenv SystemPartition dksc(c,d,8)\fR
.P
\fIsetenv OSLoadPartition dksc(c,d,p)\fR
.P
\fIsetenv OSLoadFilename label(option1,option2,...)\fR
.P
where \fIc\fR is the ID of the SCSI controller, \fId\fR the SCSI ID
of the disk \fBarcload\fR resides on and \fIp\fR the partition number
of the partition \fBarc.cf\fR and the kernels reside on (counting
from 0). Note that \fBarc.cf\fR and the directory your kernels are in
(usually / or /boot) have to be on the same partition.  On boot,
\fBarcload\fR looks at the \fIOSLoadFilename\fR PROM variable and
tries to find a label with the same name in \fBarc.cf\fR.

\fBarc.cf\fP can reside either in /etc or at the root of the partition pointed
to by the \fIOSLoadFilename\fP variable.

.SH "NOTES"
\fBarcload\fR only loads ELF kernels.

.SH "FILES"
.BR /arc.cf
\fBarcload\fR's configuration file
.P
.BR /usr/share/doc/arcload/examples
configuration file examples
.P
.BR /usr/share/doc/arcload/README.Debian
some notes about arcload for Debian
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
dvhtool(1)

.SH "AUTHORS"
ARCLoad was written by Stanislaw Skowronek
<skylark@linux-mips.org>. This manual page was written by Julien
BLACHE <jblache@debian.org> for the Debian Project (but may be used by
others), based on the arcboot(8) manpage.