Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 15:29:11 -0800 (PST) From: rv@fore.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/8610: boot.config.8 man page Message-ID: <199811082329.PAA06625@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 8610 >Category: docs >Synopsis: boot.config.8 man page >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Nov 8 15:30:01 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Rajesh Vaidheeswarran >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD-3.0 >Environment: FreeBSD freebsd.eng.fore.com 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Nov 7 16:30:15 EST 1998 bash@freebsd.eng.fore.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/FB30 i386 >Description: Having gone through the pains of booting an ELF kernel, I realized that a man page for boot.config would have helped. Hence, I created one to help other users who might be in the same situation. If this man page suffices, then please add it to the system man pages. boot.config.8 >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: .\" Copyright (c) 1998 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software .\" must display the following acknowledgement: .\" This product includes software developed by the University of .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software .\" without specific prior written permission. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $Id: boot.config.8,v 1.1 1998/11/08 17:23:25 rv Exp $ .\" .Dd Nov 8, 1998 .Dt BOOT.CONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot.config .Nd system bootstrap configuration file. .Sh DESCRIPTION .Sy Customizing system boot configuration. Normally, the system will reboot itself at power-up or after crashes. An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed, and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations. .Pp The .Nm file can be used to set commonly used options that are passed to the .Xr boot 8 program. For detailed description of the boot flags check .Xr boot 8 manual page. .Pp .Sy Booting an ELF kernel. FreeBSD 3.0 and above ship with a three stage boot loader that can be used to load an 'ELF' kernel, for example, that cannot be recognized by the .Xr boot 8 program. By defining /boot/loader as the program to boot, the loader will then take over the boot process and load the default kernel /kernel, with flags specified by /kernel.config. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /kernel.old.config -compact .It Pa /boot.help help messages .It Pa /boot.config parameters for the boot loader (optional) .It Pa /boot/loader Second stage boot loader. .It Pa /kernel default kernel .It Pa /kernel.config parameters for default kernel (optional) .It Pa /kernel.old typical non-default kernel (optional) .It Pa /kernel.old.config parameters for non-default kernel (optional) .\" .It Pa /boot .\" system bootstrap .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr boot 8 , .Xr reboot 8 , .Xr shutdown 8 .Sh BUGS If you find any, please report it to the FreeBSD team using the .Xr send-pr 1 program or its WEB-based equivalent, http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html. .Sh HISTORY .Nm first appeared in FreeBSD 3.0 >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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