docs/155989: Fix offset in boot.config(5)
Garrett Cooper
yanegomi at gmail.com
Mon Mar 28 08:50:12 UTC 2011
>Number: 155989
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: Fix offset in boot.config(5)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Mar 28 08:50:10 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Garrett Cooper
>Release: CURRENT
>Organization:
n/a
>Environment:
N/A
>Description:
The following is patch fixes the documentation for boot.config(5) as the indexes are incorrect per boot(8):
bios_drive:interface(unit,[slice,]part)filename [-aCcDdghmnPprsv]
[-Sspeed]
Specify boot file and flags.
bios_drive
The drive number as recognized by the BIOS. 0 for the
first drive, 1 for the second drive, etc.
I submitted it directly to danger@, but he suggested I create a PR for it.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Patch attached with submission follows:
Index: share/man/man5/boot.config.5
===================================================================
--- share/man/man5/boot.config.5 (revision 220091)
+++ share/man/man5/boot.config.5 (working copy)
@@ -80,18 +80,19 @@
.Pp
The command:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader" > /boot.config
+# echo "0:ad(1,a)/boot/loader" > /boot.config
.Ed
.Pp
will instruct the second stage of
.Xr boot 8
-on the first disk to boot with the third
-.Xr boot 8
-stage from the second disk.
+located on the second disk recognized by the BIOS, to boot via
+.Xr loader 8
+located on the first partition of the second non-floppy, non-SCSI disk
+recognized by the BIOS.
.Pp
The command:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader -P" > /boot.config
+# echo "0:ad(1,a)/boot/loader -P" > /boot.config
.Ed
.Pp
will do both of the above.
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