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authordanger <danger@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-18 07:58:36 +0000
committerdanger <danger@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-18 07:58:36 +0000
commit84cb1143df95ba15f9ad6820d575d0ebe496e096 (patch)
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- Sweep the boot(8) man page after addition of boot.config(5).
Reviewed by: keramida Approved by: re (kensmith)
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot')
-rw-r--r--sbin/reboot/boot_i386.823
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index 161c3aa..4b15ccf 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@ 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
-partition require user intervention during the boot process.
-.Pp
The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks.
The
.Xr loader 8
@@ -290,13 +281,14 @@ be verbose during device probing (and later).
.El
.El
.Pp
-You may put a BIOS drive number, a controller type, a unit number,
-a partition, a kernel file name, and any valid option in
+Use the
.Pa /boot.config
-to set defaults.
-Enter them in one line just as you type at the
-.Ql boot:
-prompt.
+file to set the default configuration options for the boot block code.
+See
+.Xr boot.config 5
+for more information about the
+.Pa /boot.config
+file.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /boot/loader -compact
.It Pa /boot.config
@@ -353,6 +345,7 @@ is reported by the second-stage bootstrap, it generally means that this
requirement has not been adhered to.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ddb 4 ,
+.Xr boot.config 5 ,
.Xr make.conf 5 ,
.Xr ttys 5 ,
.Xr boot0cfg 8 ,
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