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-.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
\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. 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