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@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Using the SRM console:
this "bsd" will be loaded.
boot_osflags Flags to pass in to the kernel. For multiuser
boot this needs to be set to "-a".
+ booted_osflags Don't try to set this one directly. It will
+ contain whatever flags the OS was last booted
+ with. To set indirectly, boot with the -flags
+ option, eg: "b dka0 -flags a" will boot into
+ multi-user and set booted_osflags to "a".
To see a list of all variables on your machine use the "show"
command with no arguments.