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author | Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-06-08 00:46:19 +0000 |
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committer | Conrad Meyer <cem@FreeBSD.org> | 2020-06-08 00:46:19 +0000 |
commit | b68e92ff60661a6c06f6bf288db58c0cd96ae1bb (patch) | |
tree | c446bb385b25c7d6de44d607b2c4e0f7f2a08fca /sbin | |
parent | 15824a4c06fbdd28b9732a1faa080b54ace2b74a (diff) | |
download | src-b68e92ff60661a6c06f6bf288db58c0cd96ae1bb.tar.gz src-b68e92ff60661a6c06f6bf288db58c0cd96ae1bb.zip |
x86 boot.8: Remove obsolescent non-loader x86 boot documentation
x86 boot uses loader(8) and the boot2-direct-to-kernel process is not
supported. Remove the documentation, which doesn't document a working
process and leads to confusion.
PR: 247074
Reported by: Alex K.
Notes
Notes:
svn path=/head/; revision=361900
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r-- | sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 | 26 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 index 2974efd473e1..7f1699c9488f 100644 --- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 +++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 19, 2019 +.Dd June 7, 2020 .Dt BOOT 8 i386 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -61,32 +61,14 @@ That process is described in .Xr uefi 8 . .Pp -By default, a three-stage bootstrap is employed, and control is -automatically passed from the boot blocks (bootstrap stages one and -two) to a separate third-stage bootstrap program, +A three-stage bootstrap is employed. +Control is passed from the boot blocks (bootstrap stages one and two) to a +third-stage bootstrap program, .Xr loader 8 . This third stage provides more sophisticated control over the booting process than it is possible to achieve in the boot blocks, which are constrained by occupying limited fixed space on a given disk or slice. .Pp -However, it is possible to dispense with the third stage altogether, -either by specifying a kernel name in the boot block parameter -file, -.Pa /boot.config , -or, unless option -.Fl n -is set, by hitting a key during a brief pause (while one of the characters -.Sy - , -.Sy \e , -.Sy \&| , -or -.Sy / -is displayed) before -.Xr loader 8 -is invoked. -Booting will also be attempted at stage two, if the -third stage cannot be loaded. -.Pp The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks. The .Xr loader 8 |