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diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml index 82f3683..0238171 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml @@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ <sect3> <title>Bootloader Changes</title> + <para arch="alpha">The alpha boot loader + (<filename>boot1</filename>) can now be called + <filename>boot</filename> for consistency with other + platforms.</para> + + <para arch="i386">The two parts of the i386 boot loader + (<filename>boot1</filename> and <filename>boot2</filename>) + have been combined into a single <filename>boot</filename> + file, to simplify programs that need to write or otherwise + manipulate the boot loader.</para> + <para arch="pc98">The PC98 bootloader now has support for booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para> @@ -183,6 +194,16 @@ <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> + <para>The <option>-N</option> and <option>-W</option> flags to + &man.disklabel.8; have been retired.</para> + + <para>&man.disklabel.8; is now only built for architectures where + it is useful (i386, pc98, alpha, and ia64).</para> + + <para>The <option>-s</option> to &man.disklabel.8; has been + removed because the i386 boot loader now resides in a single + file.</para> + <para>&man.dump.8; now supports caching of disk blocks with the <option>-C</option> option. This can improve dump performance at the cost of possibly missing filesystem updates that occur diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml index 82f3683..0238171 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/common/new.sgml @@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ <sect3> <title>Bootloader Changes</title> + <para arch="alpha">The alpha boot loader + (<filename>boot1</filename>) can now be called + <filename>boot</filename> for consistency with other + platforms.</para> + + <para arch="i386">The two parts of the i386 boot loader + (<filename>boot1</filename> and <filename>boot2</filename>) + have been combined into a single <filename>boot</filename> + file, to simplify programs that need to write or otherwise + manipulate the boot loader.</para> + <para arch="pc98">The PC98 bootloader now has support for booting from SCSI MO media. &merged;</para> @@ -183,6 +194,16 @@ <sect2 id="userland"> <title>Userland Changes</title> + <para>The <option>-N</option> and <option>-W</option> flags to + &man.disklabel.8; have been retired.</para> + + <para>&man.disklabel.8; is now only built for architectures where + it is useful (i386, pc98, alpha, and ia64).</para> + + <para>The <option>-s</option> to &man.disklabel.8; has been + removed because the i386 boot loader now resides in a single + file.</para> + <para>&man.dump.8; now supports caching of disk blocks with the <option>-C</option> option. This can improve dump performance at the cost of possibly missing filesystem updates that occur |
