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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-25 18:35:53 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2002-01-25 18:35:53 +0000
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parent2f1ed389b0df6270a91a1155066f107946daf4b1 (diff)
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New release note: sysinstall(8) autoloads drivers from mfsroot
/stand/modules.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1')
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml8
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml8
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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
index 5cf69f0..27c2ebb 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml
@@ -2251,6 +2251,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>&man.sysinstall.8; now has the ability to load KLDs as a
part of the installation. &merged;</para>
+ <para>When run from the installation media, &man.sysinstall.8;
+ will automatically load any device drivers found in the
+ <filename>/stand/modules</filename> directory of the
+ <literal>mfsroot</literal> floppy or filesystem image. Note that
+ any drivers so loaded will not appear in the kernel's boot
+ messages; the &man.sysinstall.8; debugging screen will provide
+ additional information. &merged;</para>
+
<para>&man.sysinstall.8; now enables Soft Updates by default on
all filesystems it creates, except for the root
filesystem. &merged;</para>
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
index 5cf69f0..27c2ebb 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml
@@ -2251,6 +2251,14 @@ options HZ=1000 # not compulsory but strongly recommended</programlisting>
<para>&man.sysinstall.8; now has the ability to load KLDs as a
part of the installation. &merged;</para>
+ <para>When run from the installation media, &man.sysinstall.8;
+ will automatically load any device drivers found in the
+ <filename>/stand/modules</filename> directory of the
+ <literal>mfsroot</literal> floppy or filesystem image. Note that
+ any drivers so loaded will not appear in the kernel's boot
+ messages; the &man.sysinstall.8; debugging screen will provide
+ additional information. &merged;</para>
+
<para>&man.sysinstall.8; now enables Soft Updates by default on
all filesystems it creates, except for the root
filesystem. &merged;</para>
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