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| author | jhawk <jhawk@NetBSD.org> | 2000-09-30 20:27:01 +0000 |
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| committer | jhawk <jhawk@NetBSD.org> | 2000-09-30 20:27:01 +0000 |
| commit | 8423ae243a3de24d16fc23ce03fc92a2dce4e9bb (patch) | |
| tree | 7fa70010578e66e12ef65026ba0a0b11fc3c74ca | |
| parent | 05b7923a906625e998b786f81f79c6e81960cb05 (diff) | |
BUGS updates:
Observe this manpage documents biosboot, which is not i386-specific
Note failure to parse filename after boot options.
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 index 6159c800467..bd3bbca8542 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/man8.i386/boot.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.16 2000/09/28 16:18:42 hubertf Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.17 2000/09/30 20:27:01 jhawk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" -.Dd May 12, 2000 +.Dd August 31, 2000 .Dt BOOT 8 i386 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ boot block (written by .Xr reboot 8 , .Xr shutdown 8 .Sh BUGS +This manual page documents the +.Pa biosboot +interface, which is used by ports other than +.Nx Ns /i386 . +.Pp Hard disks are always accessed by BIOS functions. Unit numbers are BIOS device numbers which might differ from numbering in the .Nx @@ -251,3 +256,11 @@ is derived from the field of the .Nx disklabel (if it is a hard disk). +.Pp +Any +.Ar filename +specified after the boot options, e.g.: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent -compact +.Cm boot -d netbsd.test +.Ed +is ignored, and the default kernel is booted. |
