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author | silby <silby@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-18 21:39:45 +0000 |
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committer | silby <silby@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-07-18 21:39:45 +0000 |
commit | b9839954ba9ae0dbfb49b23cee10fde85c40f9e2 (patch) | |
tree | bd5730bf37fd6c43ad05358ff69a380e6500a9e2 /sbin/reboot | |
parent | 1a69fc33708b18800fc764be0248de78b4bc35c0 (diff) | |
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Clarify boot.8 (i386 version) a bit, so that people know
where boot.config needs to reside. Also change /kernel
to /boot/loader, as that is the apparent default now. This
man page probably requires more updates.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 index 7b98df0..e6cf43c 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 @@ -82,6 +82,14 @@ is invoked. Booting will also be attempted at stage two, if the third stage cannot be loaded. .Pp +Make note of the fact that +.Pa /boot.config +is read only from the +.Ql a +partition. As a result, slices which are missing an +.Ql a +parition require user intervention during the boot process. +.Pp The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks. The .Xr loader 8 @@ -91,12 +99,12 @@ After the boot blocks have been loaded, you should see a prompt similar to the following: .Bd -literal >> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT -Default: 0:ad(0,a)/kernel +Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader boot: .Ed .Pp The automatic boot will attempt to load -.Pa /kernel +.Pa /boot/loader from partition .Ql a of either the floppy or the hard disk. |