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Diffstat (limited to 'sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8 | 32 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8 b/sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8 index 6120364..02f9641 100644 --- a/sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8 +++ b/sys/boot/forth/loader.4th.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd September 30, 2004 +.Dd October 17, 2013 .Dt LOADER.4TH 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -94,31 +94,35 @@ Reads .Pa /boot/defaults/loader.conf , all other .Xr loader.conf 5 -files specified in it, and then proceeds to boot as specified in them. -This +files specified in it, then loads the desired kernel and modules +.Pq if not already loaded . +After which you can use the +.Ic boot +or +.Ic autoboot +commmands or simply exit (provided +.Va autoboot_delay +is not set to NO) to boot the system. +.Ic start is the command used in the default .Pa /boot/loader.rc -file, and it uses the -.Ic autoboot -command (see -.Xr loader 8 ) , -so it can be stopped for further interaction with -.Xr loader 8 . +file +.Pq see Xr loader 8 . .Pp .It Ic initialize -Initialize the supporting library so commands can be used without -executing +Initialize the support library so commands can be used without executing .Ic start first. Like .Ic start , -reads +it reads .Pa /boot/defaults/loader.conf and all other .Xr loader.conf 5 -files specified in it. +files specified in it +.Pq but does not load kernel or modules . Returns a flag on the stack to indicate -if any configuration file was successfully loaded. +if any configuration files were successfully loaded. .Pp .It Ic read-conf Ar filename Reads and processes a |
