Module Name: src
Committed By: wiz
Date: Sun Aug 18 08:12:36 UTC 2019
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man8/man8.x86: boot.8
Log Message:
Typo fixes, 'file system'; new sentence, new line; expand IA-32.
Bump date for previous.
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diff -u src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.16 src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.17
--- src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8:1.16 Sun Aug 18 02:23:48 2019
+++ src/share/man/man8/man8.x86/boot.8 Sun Aug 18 08:12:36 2019
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.16 2019/08/18 02:23:48 manu Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.17 2019/08/18 08:12:36 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
.\"
-.Dd May 15, 2019
+.Dd August 18, 2019
.Dt BOOT 8 x86
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,13 +40,9 @@
.Nd
system bootstrapping procedures
.Sh DESCRIPTION
-.Tn IA-32
-computers
-.Po
-the
+Intel Architecture, 32-bit (IA-32) computers (the
.Tn IBM PC
-and its clones
-.Pc
+and its clones)
that can run
.Nx Ns /i386
or
@@ -62,7 +58,7 @@ from the system
.Tn BIOS
.It efiboot
bootstrap
-.Nx
+.Nx
from the system
.Tn UEFI
.It Xr x86/dosboot 8
@@ -180,8 +176,8 @@ input of these commands:
.It Ic boot Oo Va device : Oc Ns Oo Va filename Oc Oo Fl 1234abcdmqsvxz Oc
The default
.Va device
-will be set to the disk from which the boot loader was loaded. The
-partition is set to the first match in this list:
+will be set to the disk from which the boot loader was loaded.
+The partition is set to the first match in this list:
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
The first
@@ -193,7 +189,7 @@ attribute set.
The partition from which the boot loader was loaded from, if that
can be detected.
.It
-The first partition with a filesystem that could be bootable.
+The first partition with a file system that could be bootable.
.It
The first partition.
.El
@@ -204,7 +200,8 @@ is of the form
.Va NAME=partition_label
when booting from a
.Xr gpt 8
-partitionned disk. Otherwise, the syntax is
+partitioned disk.
+Otherwise, the syntax is
.Xo Va xd
.Op Va N Ns Op Va x
.Xc
@@ -231,17 +228,17 @@ Floppy drives as numbered by the BIOS.
CD-ROM drives as numbered by the BIOS.
.It raid
RAIDframe configured from hard disks recognized by the BIOS.
-Only RAID level 1 sets are supported by bootstrap code. If
-the RAID is partitionned, the first partition is used, or the
+Only RAID level 1 sets are supported by bootstrap code.
+If the RAID is partitioned, the first partition is used, or the
first
.Xr gpt 8
partition that has the
.Va bootme
-attribute set. Inner RAIDframe partition can also be
-given to the
+attribute set.
+Inner RAIDframe partitions can also be given to the
.Ic dev
command using he
-.Va NAME=partiton_label
+.Va NAME=partition_label
syntax.
.El
.Pp
@@ -839,12 +836,13 @@ partitionning, but some do not handle th
Booting
from a
.Xr gpt 8
-partitionned disk is still possible in this case, by adding
+partitioned disk is still possible in this case, by adding
an overlapping
.Tn EFI
partition in the protective
.Xr mbr 8
-block. This can be achieved using the following commands
+block.
+This can be achieved using the following commands
(you must adapt the hard disk and
.Tn EFI
partition start end size to fit your setup):
@@ -863,4 +861,3 @@ partition table will look like this:
2: <UNUSED>
3: <UNUSED>
.Ed
-
