X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=yaboot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fyaboot.conf.5;h=eb99842437fbfdf4cc1c2b1921f24dc348f2d4a1;hp=f42ff422bcbb8199511d0f4ecb4d7a8427e772a6;hb=6f4d7a802c09ee20526db5eeba7357d52444a42c;hpb=67d317029778e6f068badf7b8e3eec6482ecb00e diff --git a/man/yaboot.conf.5 b/man/yaboot.conf.5 index f42ff42..eb99842 100644 --- a/man/yaboot.conf.5 +++ b/man/yaboot.conf.5 @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .\" This program is distributed according to the Gnu General Public License. .\" See the file COPYING in the ybin source distribution. .\" -.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "25 September 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats" +.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "25 October 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats" .SH NAME .B yaboot.conf \- Configuration file format used by @@ -247,8 +247,13 @@ darwin. This is only relevant if you have \fIbsd=\fR, \fImacos=\fR, \fImacosx=\fR, or \fIdarwin=\fR options defined. .TP .BI "message=" message_filename -Specifies a file containing a message that is displayed before the boot -prompt. [CURRENTLY UNIMPLEMENTED] +Specifies a file containing a message that is displayed before the +boot prompt. You may specify either a plain pathname, in which case +the default device and partition will be derived from the +\fIdevice=\fR and \fIpartition=\fR lines in the global section of +\fByaboot.conf\fR, or you can specify a full OpenFirmware device path. +The message file must be plain ASCII text with UNIX newlines. Note: +only the first 2000 bytes of this file will be read. .TP .BI "password=" password Protect booting by a password. The password is given in either