svn commit: r346973 - head/stand/i386/gptboot

[Ian Lepore]

Author: ian
Date: Tue Apr 30 18:48:20 2019
New Revision: 346973
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/346973

Log:
  Add a paragraph that mentions gptboot having an interactive mode, and
  direct the user to the boot(8) manpage, which provides the details on that.

Modified:
  head/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8

Modified: head/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8
==============================================================================
--- head/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8	Tue Apr 30 18:42:42 2019	(r346972)
+++ head/stand/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8	Tue Apr 30 18:48:20 2019	(r346973)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 5, 2014
+.Dd April 30, 2019
 .Dt GPTBOOT 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ is installed in a
 .Cm freebsd-boot
 partition with
 .Xr gpart 8 .
+.Pp
+When it starts,
+.Nm
+first reads the GPT and determines which drive and partition to
+boot from, as described under
+.Sx BOOTING ,
+below.
+If it does not find an eligible partition, or if the user hits a
+key within three seconds,
+.Nm
+switches from auto-boot to interactive mode.
+Interactive mode allows manual selection of the disk, partition,
+filename, and boot option flags, as described in
+.Xr boot 8 .
 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 The GPT standard allows a variable number of partitions, but
 .Nm