svn commit: r44702 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config

[Dru Lavigne]

Author: dru
Date: Tue Apr 29 19:49:32 2014
New Revision: 44702
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44702

Log:
  Clarify how to review boot messages in prep for closing PR160460.
  Note that this entire section still needs its editorial and tech review.
  
  Sponsored by:	iXsystems

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml	Tue Apr 29 19:36:03 2014	(r44701)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config/chapter.xml	Tue Apr 29 19:49:32 2014	(r44702)
@@ -658,8 +658,11 @@ ifconfig_fxp0="inet 10.1.1.1/8"</program
 
       <para>The drivers for common <acronym>NIC</acronym>s are
 	already present in the <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel,
-	meaning the <acronym>NIC</acronym> should show up during boot.
-	In this example, two <acronym>NIC</acronym>s using the
+	meaning the <acronym>NIC</acronym> should be probed during boot.
+	The system's boot messages can be viewed by typing
+	<command>more /var/run/dmesg.boot</command> and using the
+	spacebar to scroll through the text.  In this example, two
+	Ethernet <acronym>NIC</acronym>s using the
 	&man.dc.4; driver are present on the system:</para>
 
       <screen>dc0: <82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX> port 0xa000-0xa0ff mem 0xd3800000-0xd38