svn commit: r347705 - in stable/11: sbin/reboot stand/i386/gptboot
Ian Lepore
ian at FreeBSD.org
Thu May 16 15:32:05 UTC 2019
Author: ian
Date: Thu May 16 15:32:03 2019
New Revision: 347705
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/347705
Log:
MFC r346968, r346973
r346968:
Update the manpage text to show the output generated by the first-stage
bootloader these days (x86 instead of i386).
r346973:
Add a paragraph that mentions gptboot having an interactive mode, and
direct the user to the boot(8) manpage, which provides the details on that.
Modified:
stable/11/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
stable/11/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8
Directory Properties:
stable/11/ (props changed)
Modified: stable/11/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 Thu May 16 15:30:35 2019 (r347704)
+++ stable/11/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 Thu May 16 15:32:03 2019 (r347705)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd May 15, 2018
+.Dd April 30, 2019
.Dt BOOT 8 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ program is documented separately.
After the boot blocks have been loaded,
you should see a prompt similar to the following:
.Bd -literal
->> FreeBSD/i386 BOOT
+>> FreeBSD/x86 BOOT
Default: 0:ad(0,a)/boot/loader
boot:
.Ed
Modified: stable/11/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/11/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 Thu May 16 15:30:35 2019 (r347704)
+++ stable/11/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8 Thu May 16 15:32:03 2019 (r347705)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd February 5, 2014
+.Dd April 30, 2019
.Dt GPTBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ is installed in a
.Cm freebsd-boot
partition with
.Xr gpart 8 .
+.Pp
+When it starts,
+.Nm
+first reads the GPT and determines which drive and partition to
+boot from, as described under
+.Sx BOOTING ,
+below.
+If it does not find an eligible partition, or if the user hits a
+key within three seconds,
+.Nm
+switches from auto-boot to interactive mode.
+Interactive mode allows manual selection of the disk, partition,
+filename, and boot option flags, as described in
+.Xr boot 8 .
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The GPT standard allows a variable number of partitions, but
.Nm
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