From 4772da575b71e706fb0a8ebd180bcd2a630524e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: wblock Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:37:34 +0000 Subject: MFC r261522: Describe the use of a freebsd-boot GPT partition, brought up by Scot Hetzel on the -doc mailing list. Also modify the Author section to be clear that I wrote the man page, not gptboot. --- sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'sys/boot/i386') diff --git a/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 b/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 index 691bcb7..9bc655a 100644 --- a/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 +++ b/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd July 3, 2013 +.Dd February 5, 2014 .Dt GPTBOOT 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -190,12 +190,18 @@ parameters for the boot blocks .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Nm -is typically installed in combination with a +is installed in a +.Cm freebsd-boot +partition, usually the first partition on the disk. +A .Dq protective MBR .Po see .Xr gpart 8 -.Pc . +.Pc +is typically installed in combination with +.Nm . +.Pp Install .Nm on the @@ -235,4 +241,5 @@ gpart set -a bootonce -i 2 ada0 .Nm appeared in FreeBSD 7.1. .Sh AUTHORS -Warren Block +.An +This manual page written by Warren Block . -- cgit v1.1