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authoremaste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>2014-11-14 20:12:33 +0000
committeremaste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>2014-11-14 20:12:33 +0000
commited62ae8a62a7b4e05b43080c82ef8db1d6af7e41 (patch)
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Reference uefi(8) from i386 boot(8)
Suggested by trasz. Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1162
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/reboot')
-rw-r--r--sbin/reboot/boot_i386.810
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index d860423..690dfcd 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 1, 2013
+.Dd November 14, 2014
.Dt BOOT 8 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Some BIOSes allow
you to change this default sequence, and may also include a CD-ROM
drive as a boot device.
.Pp
+Some newer PCs boot using UEFI firmware, not BIOS.
+That process is described
+in
+.Xr uefi 8 .
+.Pp
By default, a three-stage bootstrap is employed, and control is
automatically passed from the boot blocks (bootstrap stages one and
two) to a separate third-stage bootstrap program,
@@ -355,7 +360,8 @@ requirement has not been adhered to.
.Xr loader 8 ,
.Xr nextboot 8 ,
.Xr reboot 8 ,
-.Xr shutdown 8
+.Xr shutdown 8 ,
+.Xr uefi 8
.Sh BUGS
The bsdlabel format used by this version of
.Bx
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