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| author | mischief <mischief@offblast.org> | 2020-11-21 14:55:33 -0800 |
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| committer | mischief <mischief@offblast.org> | 2020-11-21 14:55:33 -0800 |
| commit | d1dc287210afd73705c21675dcbaa4eaf997fdde (patch) | |
| tree | fb796a5e856c7507cad4fd9cf834c613cbeafc12 /sys/man | |
| parent | 486ce605467693526541c0d46dffc25478751411 (diff) | |
9boot(8): update manual to reflect efi loader search order changes
the efi loader now looks for plan9.ini and the kernel in the ESP
first, before looking elsewhere.
Diffstat (limited to 'sys/man')
| -rw-r--r-- | sys/man/8/9boot | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/sys/man/8/9boot b/sys/man/8/9boot index 075eb0350..8103acc40 100644 --- a/sys/man/8/9boot +++ b/sys/man/8/9boot @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ will end the console and attempt booting the kernel. .SS There are many ways to boot a PC so .IR 9boot -was split into a number of distinct programs one for each boot +was split into a number of distinct programs, one for each boot method. .SH FAT BOOTING When booting Plan 9 from a harddisk or USB pen drive, a @@ -143,8 +143,18 @@ is discovered and configuration is read from it in the same way as with the BIOS-based .I 9boot* -loaders. - +loaders. If the EFI loader was executed from a +.B FAT +partition, it will first search for +.IR plan9.ini (8) +in the same +.B FAT +filesystem that it was loaded from, and if not found, will search for +.IR plan9.ini (8) +in any other partition in an implementation-defined order. The kernel +is always loaded from the same partition that +.IR plan9.ini (8) +is read from. .SH FILES .B /386/pbs .br @@ -171,6 +181,8 @@ loaders. .IR mk9660 (8), .IR dhcpd (8), .IR ndb (6) +.br +.I https://uefi.org .SH HISTORY 9boot first appeared in 9front (April, 2011). EFI support first appeared in 9front (Oct, 2014). |