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| -rw-r--r-- | sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8 | 25 |
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 , |