From owner-svn-src-stable-9@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 10 17:41:41 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F78786A; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:41:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A3C01583; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:41:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s1AHffLt035538; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:41:41 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s1AHffD0035537; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:41:41 GMT (envelope-from wblock@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201402101741.s1AHffD0035537@svn.freebsd.org> From: Warren Block Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:41:41 +0000 (UTC) To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r261721 - stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot X-SVN-Group: stable-9 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for only the 9-stable src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 17:41:41 -0000 Author: wblock (doc committer) Date: Mon Feb 10 17:41:40 2014 New Revision: 261721 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/261721 Log: 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. Modified: stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 Directory Properties: stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/ (props changed) Modified: stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 ============================================================================== --- stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 Mon Feb 10 17:37:34 2014 (r261720) +++ stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 Mon Feb 10 17:41:40 2014 (r261721) @@ -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 .