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authorphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-17 12:01:25 +0000
committerphk <phk@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-17 12:01:25 +0000
commitc675add0de3cac6ede371682cb25dc8afed10cb6 (patch)
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parent0cf3d6f0500e07310b23071b4f774e7022d8c4fe (diff)
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Document boot0sio and note that it requires modem handshake to work.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.811
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8 b/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
index 58c5183..ff21a85 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/boot0cfg/boot0cfg.8
@@ -83,7 +83,12 @@ Specify which
.Sq boot0
image to use.
The default is
-.Pa /boot/boot0 .
+.Pa /boot/boot0
+which will use the video card as output, alternatively
+.Pa /boot/boot0sio
+can be used for output to the COM1 port.
+(Be aware that nothing will be output to the COM1 port unless the
+modem signals DSR and CTS are active.)
.It Fl d Ar drive
Specify the drive number used by the PC BIOS in referencing the drive
which contains the specified
@@ -140,11 +145,13 @@ Set the timeout value to
Verbose: display information about the slices defined, etc.
.El
.Sh FILES
-.Bl -tag -width /boot/boot0 -compact
+.Bl -tag -width /boot/boot0sio -compact
.It Pa /boot/boot0
The default
.Sq boot0
image
+.It Pa /boot/boot0sio
+Image for serial consoles (COM1,9600,8,N,1,MODEM)
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
To boot slice 2 on the next boot:
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