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authorcinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2019-05-07 11:41:33 +0200
committercinap_lenrek <cinap_lenrek@felloff.net>2019-05-07 11:41:33 +0200
commitfe1f6c1b3d571ba6ea4726e175f62689901719a4 (patch)
treee7e1367bd6d0ed36f33aeb4e530b1055b2fb965f /sys/man/8
parent3a4a3faf291b21624a4521fe1e22aec5bec7843d (diff)
plan9.ini(8), boot(8): clarify the use of $rootdir and $rootspec
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man/8')
-rw-r--r--sys/man/8/boot14
-rw-r--r--sys/man/8/plan9.ini16
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/boot b/sys/man/8/boot
index 261346cfe..c1c8b5a99 100644
--- a/sys/man/8/boot
+++ b/sys/man/8/boot
@@ -127,15 +127,23 @@ password:
.PP
Once connected,
.I boot
-mounts
-the root file system before
-.B /
+mounts the root file system at
+.B /root
+(with the optional mount spec argument from
+.BR $rootspec )
and makes the connection available as
.B #s/boot
for subsequent processes to
.B mount
(see
.IR bind (2)).
+It then binds
+.B /root
+(or the value specified by
+.BR $rootdir )
+after the
+.BR /
+directory.
.I Boot
completes by
.IR exec (2)'ing
diff --git a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
index 96ff418fd..a684860c9 100644
--- a/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
+++ b/sys/man/8/plan9.ini
@@ -691,10 +691,24 @@ See
for more.
.SS \fLnobootprompt=\fIvalue\fP
Suppress the
-.L "root from"
+.L bootargs
prompt and use
.I value
as the answer instead.
+.SS \fLrootdir=\fB/root/\fIdir\fP
+.SS \fLrootspec=\fIspec\fP
+Changes the mount arguments for the root file server
+that was specified by
+.I bootargs
+above.
+By changing
+.I dir
+in
+.BR $rootdir ,
+a different sub-directory on the root file server
+can be used as the system root. see
+.IR boot (8)
+for details.
.SS \fLuser=\fIvalue\fP
Suppress the
.L "user"