X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=yaboot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fyaboot.conf.5;h=f42ff422bcbb8199511d0f4ecb4d7a8427e772a6;hp=037873905d0401995370a6d423a37f2e8dd397a2;hb=67d317029778e6f068badf7b8e3eec6482ecb00e;hpb=103d77e0ce929f3f57b2b75bc38e92b9c2d973c3 diff --git a/man/yaboot.conf.5 b/man/yaboot.conf.5 index 0378739..f42ff42 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 "28 May 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats" +.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "25 September 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats" .SH NAME .B yaboot.conf \- Configuration file format used by @@ -293,14 +293,16 @@ brown, light-gray, dark-gray, yellow, and white. The default is black. .TP .BI "bsd=" of-path -The OpenFirmware or Unix device path to a NetBSD or OpenBSD bootstrap -partition, this partition must already have the BSD ofwboot.elf -bootloader installed in the root directory.. When you define this -option you will be presented with a simple menu at bootup allowing you -to hit L to boot GNU/Linux or B to boot BSD (along with other choices -if configured). This will only work if you are using the new -\fI/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot\fR script. When this is set to a unix -device node (ie \fI/dev/hda11\fR) then ybin will use the +The OpenFirmware or Unix device path to a NetBSD or OpenBSD root +partition, this partition must have the BSD kernel located at \fI/bsd\fR. +You must also have the BSD bootloader +\fIofwboot\fR installed at \fI/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofwboot\fR, +\fBybin\fR(8) will install this onto the \fBbootstrap\fR(8) partition. +When you define this option you will be presented with a simple menu at +bootup allowing you to hit L to boot GNU/Linux or B to boot BSD (along +with other choices if configured). This will only work if you are +using the new \fI/usr/local/lib/yaboot/ofboot\fR script. When this is +set to a unix device node (ie \fI/dev/hda11\fR) then ybin will use the \fBofpath\fR(8) utility to determine the OpenFirmware device path. .TP .BI "macos=" of-path