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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.Dd May 13, 2007
+.Dt BOOT.CONFIG 5
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm boot.config
+.Nd "Configuration file for the boot blocks"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Nm
+file contains options for the
+.Fx
+boot block code.
+.Pp
+When the
+.Fx
+boot loader runs, it searches the
+.Dq Li a
+slice of the boot partition for a
+.Nm
+file (as a result, slices which are missing an
+.Dq Li a
+partition require user intervention during the boot process).
+If the
+.Nm
+file is found, its contents are used as the default configuration
+options for the boot block code and are echoed to the system console.
+.Pp
+A valid format of this file is to put BIOS drive number, a controller
+type, a unit number, a partition, a kernel file name, and any other
+valid
+.Xr boot 8
+option on a single line, as it is done at the
+.Dq Li "boot:"
+prompt.
+.Pp
+The options related to the boot image selection described below and all
+the other options available for
+.Nm
+are documented in detail in the
+.Xr boot 8
+manual page.
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# echo "-P" > /boot.config
+.Ed
+.Pp
+will activate the serial console of
+.Fx .
+.Pp
+The command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader" > /boot.config
+.Ed
+.Pp
+will instruct the second stage of
+.Xr boot 8
+on the first disk to boot with the third
+.Xr boot 8
+stage from the second disk.
+.Pp
+The command:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+# echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader -P" > /boot.config
+.Ed
+.Pp
+will do both of the above.
+.Sh FILES
+.Bl -tag -width /boot.config -compact
+.It Pa /boot.config
+parameters for the boot blocks (optional)
+.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr boot 8 ,
+.Xr loader 8
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This manual page was written by
+.An Daniel Gerzo Aq danger@FreeBSD.org .