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authormsmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>1998-11-13 23:53:02 +0000
committermsmith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>1998-11-13 23:53:02 +0000
commit70b71c8c7acdd210992e7da0e1aff3283216bc75 (patch)
tree1fadeb5ceb7fd1ec7ce32882539153fef87bf649 /sys/boot
parent20e409b11b3808e461ab3f842735190ac6007522 (diff)
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Add documentation for $rootdev.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/common/help.common b/sys/boot/common/help.common
index d372289..0470dea 100644
--- a/sys/boot/common/help.common
+++ b/sys/boot/common/help.common
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
The set command is used to set variables.
################################################################################
-# Tset Sautboot_delay DSet the default autoboot delay
+# Tset Sauotboot_delay DSet the default autoboot delay
set autoboot_delay=<value>
@@ -155,6 +155,15 @@
set prompt=\$currdev>
################################################################################
+# Tset Srootdev DSet the root filesystem
+
+ set rootdev=<path>
+
+ By default the value of $currdev is used to set the root filesystem
+ when the kernel is booted. This can be overridden by setting
+ $rootdev explicitly.
+
+################################################################################
# Tshow DShow the values of variables
show [<variable>]
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