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| author | wblock <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-02-05 18:26:30 +0000 |
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| committer | wblock <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-02-05 18:26:30 +0000 |
| commit | ff82380d025d439a3b8fb73f7bbeba1758c1cdd0 (patch) | |
| tree | 0a2032c23a020d4f82e4be8e656c786f0ba2996e /sys/boot/i386/gptboot | |
| parent | baa1d519a3d6ed7b201c6df9a46bc0445b380500 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-ff82380d025d439a3b8fb73f7bbeba1758c1cdd0.zip FreeBSD-src-ff82380d025d439a3b8fb73f7bbeba1758c1cdd0.tar.gz | |
Describe the use of a freebsd-boot GPT partition, brought up by Scot
Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> on the -doc mailing list.
Also modify the Author section to be clear that I wrote the man page,
not gptboot.
MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/boot/i386/gptboot')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 b/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 index 691bcb7..9bc655a 100644 --- a/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 +++ b/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 3, 2013 +.Dd February 5, 2014 .Dt GPTBOOT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -190,12 +190,18 @@ parameters for the boot blocks .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Nm -is typically installed in combination with a +is installed in a +.Cm freebsd-boot +partition, usually the first partition on the disk. +A .Dq protective MBR .Po see .Xr gpart 8 -.Pc . +.Pc +is typically installed in combination with +.Nm . +.Pp Install .Nm on the @@ -235,4 +241,5 @@ gpart set -a bootonce -i 2 ada0 .Nm appeared in FreeBSD 7.1. .Sh AUTHORS -Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> +.An +This manual page written by Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org>. |
