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authoradam <adam@FreeBSD.org>1996-02-15 21:14:36 +0000
committeradam <adam@FreeBSD.org>1996-02-15 21:14:36 +0000
commit6fb166aaa1a648e7d721c66f63178c80b5dbd311 (patch)
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parentf153098d8fd4cf063b9c6a6a4cf4f3a4edcee28f (diff)
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improve the comment for BOOTWAIT
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-rw-r--r--etc/defaults/make.conf9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/etc/defaults/make.conf b/etc/defaults/make.conf
index 0174a64..e4f26d9 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/make.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/make.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: make.conf,v 1.23 1995/09/30 17:20:27 ache Exp $
+# $Id: make.conf,v 1.24 1996/01/05 18:54:07 ache Exp $
#
# This file, if present, will be read by make (see /usr/share/mk/sys.mk).
# It allows you to override macro definitions to make without changing
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@
#PRINTER= ps
#
#
-# How many times to check if a key has been pressed before giving up and
-# booting the default kernel. 0 actually means check once, but saves the
-# loop overhead. This value is approximately in milliseconds.
+# How long to wait for a console keypress before booting the default kernel.
+# This value is approximately in milliseconds. Keypresses are accepted by the
+# BIOS before booting from disk, making it possible to give custom boot
+# parameters even when this is set to 0.
#
#BOOTWAIT=0
#BOOTWAIT=30000
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