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| author | rnordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-03-16 13:16:11 +0000 |
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| committer | rnordier <rnordier@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-03-16 13:16:11 +0000 |
| commit | 8af13f40a4d25956e71c275eba89ff1d3f5ab254 (patch) | |
| tree | 3e2af5c6c58a3e9eef78149eaeda38f02be29ced /sbin | |
| parent | d52bd02bdabc365e0f91e0e3d538c83526d7f701 (diff) | |
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Add cross-reference to loader man page, plus various minor
improvements.
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 index ea2d997..1879c6f 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" -.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.15 1999/01/06 14:19:09 rnordier Exp $ +.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.16 1999/01/19 09:04:18 rnordier Exp $ .\" .Dd April 19, 1994 .Dt BOOT 8 i386 @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ drive as a boot device. 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, -.Pa /boot/loader . +.Pa loader . This third stage provides more sophisticated control over the booting process than it is possible to achieve in the boot blocks, which are constrained by occupying limited fixed space on a given disk or slice. @@ -77,15 +77,13 @@ or by hitting a key during a brief pause (while one of the characters or .Dv / is displayed) before -.Pa /boot/loader +.Pa loader is invoked. Booting will also be attempted at stage two, if the third stage cannot be loaded. .Pp -The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks. -At present, documentation of the third stage is chiefly -available through online help in the -.Pa /boot/loader -program itself. +The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks. The +.Pa loader +program is documented separately. .Pp After the boot blocks have been loaded, you should see a prompt similar to the following: @@ -230,8 +228,12 @@ prompt. .Bl -tag -width /kernel.old.config -compact .It Pa /boot.config parameters for the boot blocks (optional) +.It Pa /boot/boot1 +first stage bootstrap file +.It Pa /boot/boot2 +second stage bootstrap file .It Pa /boot/loader -third-stage bootstrap +third stage bootstrap .It Pa /kernel default kernel .It Pa /kernel.old @@ -244,6 +246,7 @@ typical non-default kernel (optional) .Xr config 8 , .Xr disklabel 8 , .Xr halt 8 , +.Xr loader 8 , .Xr reboot 8 , .Xr shutdown 8 .Sh BUGS |
