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Subject: docs/26692: boot manpage describes bootfile prompt incorrectly 
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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:

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