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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/src/man/man5/loader.5')
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/usr/src/man/man5/loader.5 b/usr/src/man/man5/loader.5 index ef651b02a1..655e4ad955 100644 --- a/usr/src/man/man5/loader.5 +++ b/usr/src/man/man5/loader.5 @@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ The .Nm is the final stage of .Nm illumos Ns 's -kernel bootstrapping process. The actual name for the stage depends on -the platform. On IA32 (i386) architectures with BIOS firmware, it is a +kernel bootstrapping process. +The actual name for the stage depends on the platform. +On IA32 (i386) architectures with BIOS firmware, it is a .Pa BTX client and named .Nm zfsloader . @@ -49,17 +50,20 @@ supports booting from .Cm HSFS and .Cm NFS -file systems. Additionally, +file systems. +Additionally, .Nm can load files from the .Cm TFTP -file service. The NFS and TFTP based boot is enabled via +file service. +The NFS and TFTP based boot is enabled via .Xr pxeboot 5 . The .Nm -also does support uncompressing gzip files while reading. The uncompression -will happen automatically if the compressed file is stored without .gz -suffix or if the file is accessed by leaving out the .gz suffix from the name. +also does support uncompressing gzip files while reading. +The uncompression will happen automatically if the compressed file is stored +without .gz suffix or if the file is accessed by leaving out the .gz suffix from +the name. If the file is referred by full name, including .gz suffix, then the file content is read as is and the uncompression is not performed. .Pp @@ -189,8 +193,8 @@ The behavior of this builtin is changed if is loaded. .Pp .It Ic chain Ar device -Chain load another boot loader from the specified device. Device can be either -disk name or partition. +Chain load another boot loader from the specified device. +Device can be either disk name or partition. .Pp .It Ic echo Xo .Op Fl n @@ -399,7 +403,8 @@ Will set .Fl v option. .It Va boot-args -Will set custom arguments for the kernel. If set in +Will set custom arguments for the kernel. +If set in .Nm configuration, the .Nm |