Mention that some platforms may have boot menus, and may support
other boot protocols. Also change some [i386 only] comments to [x86 only].
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.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.14 2014/08/16 08:43:12 apb Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: boot.8,v 1.15 2014/08/16 11:39:47 apb Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Additional information may be found in
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architecture-specific
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.Xr boot 8
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manual pages.
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.Pp
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.Ss Boot Protocol
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In the native
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.Nx
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boot protocol, options are passed from the boot loader
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@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ to the kernel via flag bits in the
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.Va boothowto
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variable (see
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.Xr boothowto 9 ) .
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Some boot loaders may also support other boot protocols.
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.Ss Menu
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Some boot loaders may present a menu, which may be configured via
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.Xr boot.cfg 5 .
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.Ss Interactive mode
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In interactive mode, the boot loader will present a prompt, allowing
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input of these commands:
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@ -226,7 +230,7 @@ is of the form specified in
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.It Ic help
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Print an overview about commands and arguments.
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.\" .It Ic load Va module Op Va arguments
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.\" [i386 only]
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.\" [x86 only]
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.It Ic ls Op Pa path
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Print a directory listing of
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.Pa path ,
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@ -234,9 +238,11 @@ containing inode number, filename, and file type.
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.Pa path
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can contain a device specification.
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.\" .It Ic multiboot Va kernel Op Va arguments
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.\" [i386 only]
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.\" [x86 only]
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.It Ic quit
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Reboot the system.
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.\" .It Ic userconf Va command
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.\" [x86only]
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.El
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.Pp
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In an emergency, the bootstrap methods described in the
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@ -249,7 +255,7 @@ can be used.
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boot program code loaded by the primary bootstrap
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.\" .It Pa /boot.cfg
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.\" optional configuration file
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.\" (used only on i386 and amd64 architectures)
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.\" [x86 only]
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.It Pa /netbsd
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system code
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.It Pa /netbsd.gz
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@ -272,7 +278,7 @@ manual pages (such as
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.Xr x86/boot 8 ) ,
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.Xr ddb 4 ,
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.Xr userconf 4 ,
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.\" .Xr boot.cfg 5 ,
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.\" .Xr boot.cfg 5 [x86 only] ,
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.Xr halt 8 ,
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.Xr installboot 8 ,
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.Xr reboot 8 ,
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