after some discussion with nick@, note that `hd*' syntax makes more

sense when specifying a boot device than does `wd*' or `sd*', and replace
examples with it; in line with what nick has already done to the faq;

ok nick@ mickey@ weingart@

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
index 0448cf22f53..331d49104ec 100644
--- a/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
+++ b/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.35 2003/10/04 16:47:40 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: boot.8,v 1.36 2003/11/26 22:42:02 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997-2001 Michael Shalayeff
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -152,6 +152,23 @@ either or both can be omitted (`:' is not needed if both are omitted),
 in which case values from
 .Nm
 variables will be used.
+.Pp
+When selecting the
+.Ar device
+to boot from,
+.Nm
+makes no distinction between SCSI and IDE type drives;
+they are detected as
+.Sq hd
+devices.
+Therefore, to boot kernel
+.Pa /bsd
+from slice
+.Sq a
+on the first hard drive
+.Pq irrespective of device type ,
+specify
+.Dq boot hd0a:/bsd .
 .Bl -tag -width _a_
 .It Fl a
 Causes the kernel to ask for the
@@ -250,9 +267,9 @@ Debug flag if
 .Nm
 was compiled with DEBUG defined.
 .It Nm device
-Boot device name (i.e.,
+Boot device name (e.g.,
 .Li fd0a ,
-.Li sd0a ) .
+.Li hd0a ) .
 .It Nm howto
 Options to pass to the loaded kernel.
 .It Nm image
@@ -334,7 +351,7 @@ Once booted, such changes can be made permanent by using
 .Fl e
 option.
 .Pp
-.Dl boot> boot wd1a:/bsd -c
+.Dl boot> boot hd1a:/bsd -c
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr gzip 1 ,
 .Xr autoconf 4 ,