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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/diskless.8 b/share/man/man8/diskless.8 index bcc4301..46c7e56 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/diskless.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/diskless.8 @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ The boot program can be stored in the BIOS, in a BOOT ROM located on the network card (PXE, etherboot, netboot), or come from a disk unit (e.g. etherboot or netboot). .Pp -In phase 2, the boot program loads a kernel. Operation in +In phase 2, the boot program loads a kernel. +Operation in this phase depends on the design of the boot program. Typically, the boot program uses the .Tn BOOTP @@ -205,9 +206,13 @@ You will also probably need to set so that the server's local startup files will not be used. .Pp -While an md-backed file system is mounted on /var by the startup scripts, +While an +.Xr md 4 Ns -backed +file system is mounted on +.Pa /var +by the startup scripts, some sites may want to disable the saving of entropy by setting -.Va entropy_dir Ns = Ns Qq NO +.Va entropy_dir Ns = Ns Qq Li NO in .Pa /etc/defaults/rc.conf . .Pp @@ -241,7 +246,8 @@ This manpage is probably incomplete. .Pp .Fx sometimes requires to write onto -the root partition, so the startup scripts create and mount md-backed +the root partition, so the startup scripts create and mount +.Xr md 4 Ns -backed filesystems on some locations (e.g.\& .Pa /etc and @@ -250,6 +256,7 @@ while trying to preserve the original content. The process might not handle all cases. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr md 4 , .Xr ethers 5 , .Xr exports 5 , .Xr bootpd 8 , |
