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| author | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> | 2017-12-03 19:23:55 +0100 |
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| committer | cinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net> | 2017-12-03 19:23:55 +0100 |
| commit | d850c6012100e51d5adf7fcc5d694b82959c6288 (patch) | |
| tree | 712a696e710051172f952b07434292c65a1e7ed0 /sys/man/8 | |
| parent | 65566dda8ebbfddc3732c9c8caae972dd1fc9561 (diff) | |
plan9.ini(8): 9boot(8) is not a DOS program, remove outdated BUGS section
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man/8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/8/plan9.ini | 20 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini index c0ec52413..981e43fc5 100644 --- a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini +++ b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini @@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ plan9.ini \- configuration file for PCs .SH SYNOPSIS .I none .SH DESCRIPTION -When booting Plan 9 on a PC, the DOS program +When booting Plan 9 on a PC, the bootloader program .IR 9boot (8) -first reads a DOS file -containing configuration information from the boot disk. +first reads configuration information from a file +on the boot media. This file, .BR plan9.ini , looks like a shell script containing lines of the form @@ -956,17 +956,3 @@ bootfile=/386/9pc .IR 9boot (8), .IR booting (8), .IR boot (8) -.SH BUGS -Being able to set the console device to other than a -display is marginally useful on file servers; MS-DOS -and the programs which run under it are so tightly bound -to the display that it is necessary to have a display if any -setup or reconfiguration programs need to be run. -Also, the delay before any messages appear at boot time -is disconcerting, as any error messages from the BIOS -are lost. -.PP -The declaration of a kernel parameter which is a prefix of -previously declared parameters will delete the previous -ones. If this is not desired, parameters should be given -in shortest to longest order. |