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