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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-09-30 13:09:00 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-09-30 13:09:00 +0000 |
commit | ce70f55679add265dada8adc5f7612c06a656db5 (patch) | |
tree | 5a9be4fd902563b16c52e74c4a41b9d704c32262 /sys/boot/common/loader.8 | |
parent | ada7c51edc72a4c9783343b1af3a2335f448baed (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-ce70f55679add265dada8adc5f7612c06a656db5.zip FreeBSD-src-ce70f55679add265dada8adc5f7612c06a656db5.tar.gz |
Document boot_cdrom, boot_multicons, and boot_serial.
Reduce diffs between help.common and loader(8).
Mention that boot_userconfig is currently a no-op.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/boot/common/loader.8')
-rw-r--r-- | sys/boot/common/loader.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/common/loader.8 b/sys/boot/common/loader.8 index c2f902f..e968a13 100644 --- a/sys/boot/common/loader.8 +++ b/sys/boot/common/loader.8 @@ -332,17 +332,30 @@ will be processed normally, defaulting to 10 seconds delay. .It Va boot_askname Instructs the kernel to prompt the user for the name of the root device when the kernel is booted. +.It Va boot_cdrom +Instructs the kernel to try to mount the root file system from CD-ROM. .It Va boot_ddb Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger, rather than proceeding to initialize when booted. .It Va boot_gdb Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger by default. +.It Va boot_multicons +Enables multiple console support in the kernel early on boot. +In a running system, console configuration can be manipulated +by the +.Xr conscontrol 8 +utility. +.It Va boot_serial +Force the use of a serial console even when an internal console +is present. .It Va boot_single -Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup; instead single-user -mode will be entered when the kernel has finished device probing. +Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup; instead, +a single-user mode will be entered when the kernel has finished +device probing. .It Va boot_userconfig Requests that the kernel's interactive device configuration program be run when the kernel is booted. +Currently a no-op. .It Va boot_verbose Setting this variable causes extra debugging information to be printed by the kernel during the boot phase. |