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.Dd May 13, 2007 .Dt BOOT.CONFIG 5 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm boot.config .Nd "Configuration file for the boot blocks" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm file contains options for the .Fx boot block code.
p When the .Fx boot loader runs, it searches the .Dq Li a slice of the boot partition for a .Nm file (as a result, slices which are missing an .Dq Li a partition require user intervention during the boot process). If the .Nm file is found, its contents are used as the default configuration options for the boot block code and are echoed to the system console.
p A valid format of this file is to put BIOS drive number, a controller type, a unit number, a partition, a kernel file name, and any other valid .Xr boot 8 option on a single line, as it is done at the .Dq Li "boot:" prompt.
p The options related to the boot image selection described below and all the other options available for .Nm are documented in detail in the .Xr boot 8 manual page. .Sh FILES l -tag -width /boot.config -compact t Pa /boot.config parameters for the boot blocks (optional) .El .Sh EXAMPLES The command: d -literal -offset indent # echo "-P" > /boot.config .Ed
p will activate the serial console of .Fx .
p The command: d -literal -offset indent # echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader" > /boot.config .Ed
p will instruct the second stage of .Xr boot 8 on the first disk to boot with the third .Xr boot 8 stage from the second disk.
p The command: d -literal -offset indent # echo "1:ad(1,a)/boot/loader -P" > /boot.config .Ed
p will do both of the above. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr boot 8 , .Xr loader 8 .Sh AUTHORS This manual page was written by .An Daniel Gerzo Aq danger@FreeBSD.org .