svn commit: r261721 - stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot

Warren Block wblock at FreeBSD.org
Mon Feb 10 17:41:41 UTC 2014


Author: wblock (doc committer)
Date: Mon Feb 10 17:41:40 2014
New Revision: 261721
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/261721

Log:
  MFC r261522:
  
  Describe the use of a freebsd-boot GPT partition, brought up by Scot
  Hetzel <swhetzel at gmail.com> on the -doc mailing list.
  
  Also modify the Author section to be clear that I wrote the man page,
  not gptboot.

Modified:
  stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8
Directory Properties:
  stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/   (props changed)

Modified: stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8
==============================================================================
--- stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8	Mon Feb 10 17:37:34 2014	(r261720)
+++ stable/9/sys/boot/i386/gptboot/gptboot.8	Mon Feb 10 17:41:40 2014	(r261721)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd July 3, 2013
+.Dd February 5, 2014
 .Dt GPTBOOT 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -190,12 +190,18 @@ parameters for the boot blocks
 .El
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 .Nm
-is typically installed in combination with a
+is installed in a
+.Cm freebsd-boot
+partition, usually the first partition on the disk.
+A
 .Dq protective MBR
 .Po
 see
 .Xr gpart 8
-.Pc .
+.Pc
+is typically installed in combination with
+.Nm .
+.Pp
 Install
 .Nm
 on the
@@ -235,4 +241,5 @@ gpart set -a bootonce -i 2 ada0
 .Nm
 appeared in FreeBSD 7.1.
 .Sh AUTHORS
-Warren Block <wblock at FreeBSD.org>
+.An
+This manual page written by Warren Block <wblock at FreeBSD.org>.


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