Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 16:00:01 -0800 (PST) From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/8610: boot.config.8 man page Message-ID: <199811090000.QAA13049@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/8610; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: rv@fore.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/8610: boot.config.8 man page Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 15:59:28 -0800 > Having gone through the pains of booting an ELF kernel, I realized > that a man page for boot.config would have helped. Actually, the latest boot blocks do the right thing most clearly when /boot.config has been completely removed - disklabel the latest boot1/boot2 to your drive and check it out! :) > 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. Not necessary if /boot.config does not exist at all. I think perhaps the man page needs to be updated a little in light of the current defaults when boot.config is absent altogether, but it's definitely a good start! - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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