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author | danger <danger@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-08-14 15:25:32 +0000 |
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committer | danger <danger@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-08-14 15:25:32 +0000 |
commit | 77bdf661bd314348756346e22a3a8815b2c00430 (patch) | |
tree | 9e62596b0895d4de27a7d8c07023015f603250ce /share | |
parent | 9c8aab5b3e051d4cd4497a00504161646f59a317 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-77bdf661bd314348756346e22a3a8815b2c00430.zip FreeBSD-src-77bdf661bd314348756346e22a3a8815b2c00430.tar.gz |
Add the boot.config.5 manual page.
Reviewed by: keramida
Approved by: re@ (bmah)
PR: docs/112307
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/Makefile | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/boot.config.5 | 103 |
2 files changed, 104 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/Makefile b/share/man/man5/Makefile index 538f942..8b86a4c 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man5/Makefile @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ MAN= acct.5 \ bluetooth.device.conf.5 \ bluetooth.hosts.5 \ bluetooth.protocols.5 \ + boot.config.5 \ core.5 \ devfs.5 \ devfs.conf.5 \ diff --git a/share/man/man5/boot.config.5 b/share/man/man5/boot.config.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ca8627b --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man5/boot.config.5 @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org> +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.Dd May 13, 2007 +.Dt BOOT.CONFIG 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm boot.config +.Nd "Configuration file for the boot blocks" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +file contains options for the +.Fx +boot block code. +.Pp +When the +.Fx +boot loader runs, it searches the +.Dq Li a +slice of the boot partition for a +.Nm +file (as a result, slices which are missing an +.Dq Li a +partition require user intervention during the boot process). +If the +.Nm +file is found, its contents are used as the default configuration +options for the boot block code and are echoed to the system console. +.Pp +A valid format of this file is to put BIOS drive number, a controller +type, a unit number, a partition, a kernel file name, and any other +valid +.Xr boot 8 +option on a single line, as it is done at the +.Dq Li "boot:" +prompt. +.Pp +The options related to the boot image selection described below and all +the other options available for +.Nm +are documented in detail in the +.Xr boot 8 +manual page. +.Sh EXAMPLES +The command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# echo "-P" > /boot.config +.Ed +.Pp +will activate the serial console of +.Fx . +.Pp +The command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader" > /boot.config +.Ed +.Pp +will instruct the second boot stage of +.Xr loader 8 +on the first disk to boot with the third boot stage of +.Xr loader 8 +from the second disk. +.Pp +The command: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader -P" > /boot.config +.Ed +.Pp +will do both of the above. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /boot.config -compact +.It Pa /boot.config +parameters for the boot blocks (optional) +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr loader 8 +.Sh AUTHORS +This manual page was written by +.An Daniel Gerzo Aq danger@FreeBSD.org . |