From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Nov 8 15:59:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09511 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 15:59:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09506 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 15:59:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id QAA13049; Sun, 8 Nov 1998 16:00:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 16:00:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811090000.QAA13049@freefall.freebsd.org> To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Subject: Re: docs/8610: boot.config.8 man page Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/8610; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" To: rv@fore.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/8610: boot.config.8 man page Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 15:59:28 -0800 > Having gone through the pains of booting an ELF kernel, I realized > that a man page for boot.config would have helped. Actually, the latest boot blocks do the right thing most clearly when /boot.config has been completely removed - disklabel the latest boot1/boot2 to your drive and check it out! :) > By defining /boot/loader as the program to boot, the loader will then > take over the boot process and load the default kernel /kernel, with > flags specified by /kernel.config. Not necessary if /boot.config does not exist at all. I think perhaps the man page needs to be updated a little in light of the current defaults when boot.config is absent altogether, but it's definitely a good start! - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message