git: 96743bfb9543 - stable/14 - boot_i386.8: Mention this is legacy
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Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:05:57 UTC
The branch stable/14 has been updated by emaste:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=96743bfb95431f396e71d35eb92258122233334f
commit 96743bfb95431f396e71d35eb92258122233334f
Author: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-02-28 15:40:43 +0000
Commit: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-09-03 13:05:38 +0000
boot_i386.8: Mention this is legacy
Reviewed by: imp
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49704
(cherry picked from commit b8437cbae173308180fbaddc6a74bfb6f8c4410b)
---
sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8 b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
index da8fc2e430ac..26dd588fb437 100644
--- a/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
+++ b/sbin/reboot/boot_i386.8
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
-.\"
-.Dd July 11, 2020
+.Dd April 7, 2025
.Dt BOOT 8 i386
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -47,14 +45,14 @@ An automatic consistency check of the file systems will be performed,
and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
.Pp
.Sy Cold starts .
-Most i386 PCs attempt to boot first from floppy disk drive 0 (sometimes
+Legacy i386 PCs attempt to boot first from floppy disk drive 0 (sometimes
known as drive A:) and, failing that, from hard disk drive 0 (sometimes
known as drive C:, or as drive 0x80 to the BIOS).
Some BIOSes allow
you to change this default sequence, and may also include a CD-ROM
drive as a boot device.
.Pp
-Some newer PCs boot using UEFI firmware, not BIOS.
+Contemporary PCs boot using UEFI firmware, not BIOS.
That process is described
in
.Xr uefi 8 .