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
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Dru Lavigne 2014-04-29 19:49:32 +00:00
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@ -658,8 +658,11 @@ ifconfig_fxp0="inet 10.1.1.1/8"</programlisting>
<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: &lt;82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX&gt; port 0xa000-0xa0ff mem 0xd3800000-0xd38