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Add cross-reference to loader man page, plus various minor
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.\"
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.\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.15 1999/01/06 14:19:09 rnordier Exp $
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.\" $Id: boot_i386.8,v 1.16 1999/01/19 09:04:18 rnordier Exp $
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.\"
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.Dd April 19, 1994
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.Dt BOOT 8 i386
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@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ drive as a boot device.
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By default, a three-stage bootstrap is employed, and control is
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automatically passed from the boot blocks (bootstrap stages one and
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two) to a separate third-stage bootstrap program,
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.Pa /boot/loader .
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.Pa loader .
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This third stage provides more sophisticated control over the booting
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process than it is possible to achieve in the boot blocks, which are
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constrained by occupying limited fixed space on a given disk or slice.
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@ -77,15 +77,13 @@ or by hitting a key during a brief pause (while one of the characters
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or
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.Dv /
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is displayed) before
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.Pa /boot/loader
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.Pa loader
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is invoked. Booting will also be attempted at stage two, if the
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third stage cannot be loaded.
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.Pp
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The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks.
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At present, documentation of the third stage is chiefly
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available through online help in the
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.Pa /boot/loader
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program itself.
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The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks. The
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.Pa loader
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program is documented separately.
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.Pp
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After the boot blocks have been loaded,
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you should see a prompt similar to the following:
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.Bl -tag -width /kernel.old.config -compact
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.It Pa /boot.config
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parameters for the boot blocks (optional)
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.It Pa /boot/boot1
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first stage bootstrap file
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.It Pa /boot/boot2
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second stage bootstrap file
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.It Pa /boot/loader
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third-stage bootstrap
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third stage bootstrap
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.It Pa /kernel
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default kernel
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.It Pa /kernel.old
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.Xr config 8 ,
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.Xr disklabel 8 ,
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.Xr halt 8 ,
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.Xr loader 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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.Xr shutdown 8
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.Sh BUGS
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