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.\" See the file COPYING in the ybin source distribution.
.\"
-.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "25 October 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats"
+.TH YABOOT.CONF 5 "28 October 2001" "GNU/Linux PowerPC" "File Formats"
.SH NAME
.B yaboot.conf
\- Configuration file format used by
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. Note: only the first 2000 bytes of this file will be read.
+\fByaboot.conf\fR, or you can specify a full OpenFirmware device path,
+the file may be on any \fByaboot\fR(8) supported filesystem. 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