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The options you can give to the components in the &os;
bootstrap to control the boot process.
-
-
- The basics of &man.device.hints.5;.
-
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@
case the boot manager usually has more code in the first
track of the disk or within some OS's file system.
(A boot manager is sometimes also called a boot
- loader, but FreeBSD uses that term for a later stage of
+ loader, but &os; uses that term for a later stage of
booting.) Popular boot managers include boot0
(a.k.a. Boot Easy, the standard &os; boot
manager), Grub,
@@ -153,7 +149,7 @@
boot0 and LILO.
The boot0 Boot Manager:
- The MBR installed by FreeBSD's installer or &man.boot0cfg.8;, by
+ The MBR installed by &os;'s installer or &man.boot0cfg.8;, by
default, is based on /boot/boot0.
(The boot0 program is very simple, since the
program in the MBR can only be 446 bytes long because of the slice
@@ -165,9 +161,8 @@
boot0 Screenshot
-
F1 DOS
-F2 FreeBSD
+F2 DF/FBSD
F3 Linux
F4 ??
F5 Drive 1
@@ -299,6 +294,7 @@
loaderloader configuration
+
The loader will then read
/boot/loader.rc, which by default reads
in /boot/defaults/loader.conf which
@@ -308,12 +304,14 @@
on these variables, loading whichever modules and kernel are
selected.
- Finally, by default, the loader issues a 10 second wait
- for key presses, and boots the kernel if it is not interrupted.
- If interrupted, the user is presented with a prompt which
- understands the easy-to-use command set, where the user may
- adjust variables, unload all modules, load modules, and then
- finally boot or reboot.
+ Finally, by default, the loader will show you the booting
+ menu where you can select different options. This menu issues
+ a 10 second wait for key presses, and boots the kernel if it
+ is not interrupted. If the user selects
+ , the user is presented
+ with a prompt which understands the easy-to-use command set,
+ where the user may adjust variables, unload all modules,
+ load modules, and then finally boot or reboot.
@@ -469,9 +467,7 @@
single-user modeTo simply boot your usual kernel, but in single-user
- mode:
-
- boot -s
+ mode you can select the .
@@ -484,9 +480,7 @@
unloadload kernel.old
- You can use kernel.GENERIC to
- refer to the generic kernel that comes on the install
- disk, or kernel.old to refer to
+ You can use kernel.old to refer to
your previously installed kernel (when you have upgraded
or configured your own kernel, for example).
@@ -615,10 +609,12 @@
This mode can be reached through the automatic reboot
- sequence, or by the user booting with the
- option or setting the
- boot_single variable in
- loader.
+ sequence, with the
+
+ menu option, by the user booting with the
+ option from the loader prompt or setting the
+ boot_single variable in
+ loader.It can also be reached by calling
&man.shutdown.8; without the reboot