Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:52:21 -0700 (PDT) From: dpelleg+bsd@cs.cmu.edu To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/26692: boot manpage describes bootfile prompt incorrectly Message-ID: <200104190152.f3J1qL185967@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 26692 >Category: docs >Synopsis: boot manpage describes bootfile prompt incorrectly >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Apr 18 19:00:00 PDT 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dan Pelleg >Release: 4.3-RC2 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD p 4.3-RC FreeBSD 4.3-RC #4: Sat Apr 14 09:00:50 EDT 2001 root@k:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/P i386 >Description: boot manpage says to type the following at the boot prompt to boot from a different file bios_drive:interface(unit,part) filename I believe it should be: bios_drive:interface(unit,slice,part) filename and is certainly how it works for me (when I try to boot into slices other than 1). My reading of parse() in sys/boot/i386/boot2/boot2.c seems to concur, but I won't claim I truly understand that piece of code. >How-To-Repeat: man boot >Fix: See above. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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