Initial prep work for Booting Process chapter.

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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml

@@ -153,14 +153,11 @@
       have been configured to run on a &os; system at startup.</para>
   </sect1>
 
-  <sect1 xml:id="boot-blocks">
+  <sect1 xml:id="boot-boot0">
     <title>The Boot Manager and Boot Stages</title>
 
     <indexterm><primary>Boot Manager</primary></indexterm>
 
-    <sect2 xml:id="boot-boot0">
-      <title>The Boot Manager</title>
-
       <indexterm><primary>Master Boot Record
 	  (<acronym>MBR</acronym>)</primary></indexterm>
 
@@ -236,11 +233,10 @@ label=FreeBSD</programlisting>
 	run <command>/sbin/lilo&nbsp;-v</command> to commit the new
 	changes.  Verify these are correct by checking the screen
 	messages.</para>
-    </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="boot-boot1">
-      <title>Stage One, <filename>/boot/boot1</filename>, and Stage
+      <title>Stage One and Stage
-	Two, <filename>/boot/boot2</filename></title>
+	Two</title>
 
       <para>Conceptually, the first and second stages are part of the
 	same program, on the same area of the disk.  Because of space
@@ -305,7 +301,7 @@ boot:</screen>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="boot-loader">
-      <title>Stage Three, <filename>/boot/loader</filename></title>
+      <title>Stage Three</title>
 
       <indexterm><primary>boot-loader</primary></indexterm>
 
@@ -318,9 +314,6 @@ boot:</screen>
 	more powerful interpreter which has a more complex command
 	set.</para>
 
-      <sect3 xml:id="boot-loader-flow">
-	<title>Loader Program Flow</title>
-
 	<para>During initialization, the loader will probe for a
 	  console and for disks, and figure out which disk it is
 	  booting from.  It will set variables accordingly, and an
@@ -345,7 +338,6 @@ boot:</screen>
 	  prompt which understands the command set, where the user may
 	  adjust variables, unload all modules, load modules, and then
 	  finally boot or reboot.</para>
-      </sect3>
 
       <sect3 xml:id="boot-loader-commands">
 	<title>Loader Built-In Commands</title>
@@ -545,10 +537,88 @@ boot:</screen>
 	  </listitem>
 	</itemizedlist>
       </sect3>
+    </sect2>
 
-      <sect3 xml:id="boot-splash">
+  <sect2 xml:id="boot-kernel">
+    <title>Kernel Interaction During Boot</title>
+
+    <indexterm>
+      <primary>kernel</primary>
+      <secondary>boot interaction</secondary>
+    </indexterm>
+
+    <para>Once the kernel is loaded by either the default loader
+      or by boot2,
+      which bypasses the loader, it
+      examines any boot flags and adjusts its behavior as
+      necessary.</para>
+
+      <indexterm>
+	<primary>kernel</primary>
+	<secondary>bootflags</secondary>
+      </indexterm>
+
+      <para>Here are the more common boot flags:</para>
+
+      <variablelist xml:id="boot-kernel-bootflags-list">
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-a</option></term>
+
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>During kernel initialization, ask for the device
+	      to mount as the root file system.</para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-C</option></term>
+
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>Boot from CDROM.</para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-c</option></term>
+
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>Run UserConfig, the boot-time kernel
+	      configurator.</para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-s</option></term>
+
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>Boot into single-user mode.</para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+
+	<varlistentry>
+	  <term><option>-v</option></term>
+
+	  <listitem>
+	    <para>Be more verbose during kernel startup.</para>
+	  </listitem>
+	</varlistentry>
+      </variablelist>
+
+      <note>
+	<para>Refer to &man.boot.8; for more information on the other
+	  boot flags.</para>
+      </note>
+    </sect2>
+
+<!--    <sect2 id="boot-kernel-userconfig">
+      <title>UserConfig: the Boot-time Kernel Configurator</title>
+
+      <para> </para>
+    </sect2> -->
+
+      <sect2 xml:id="boot-splash">
 	<info>
-	  <title>Boot Time Splash Screens</title>
+	  <title>Configuring Boot Time Splash Screens</title>
 
 	  <authorgroup>
 	    <author>
@@ -575,9 +645,6 @@ boot:</screen>
 	  and configure a graphical display manager and a graphical
 	  login manager.</para>
 
-	<sect4 xml:id="boot-splash-function">
-	  <title>Splash Screen Function</title>
-
 	  <para>The splash screen function supports 256-colors in the
 	    bitmap (<filename>.bmp</filename>), ZSoft
 	    <acronym>PCX</acronym> (<filename>.pcx</filename>), or
@@ -622,10 +689,6 @@ boot:</screen>
 	    <package>sysutils/bsd-splash-changer</package> port,
 	    splash images can be chosen from a collection randomly at
 	    each boot.</para>
-	</sect4>
-
-	<sect4 xml:id="boot-splash-enable">
-	  <title>Enabling the Splash Screen Function</title>
 
 	  <para>The splash screen <filename>.bmp</filename>,
 	    <filename>.pcx</filename>, or <filename>.bin</filename>
@@ -710,92 +773,9 @@ bitmap_name="<replaceable>/boot/splash.bin</replaceable>"</programlisting>
 
 	  <para>For more information, refer to &man.splash.4;,
 	    &man.loader.conf.5;, and &man.vga.4;.</para>
-	</sect4>
-      </sect3>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>
 
-  <sect1 xml:id="boot-kernel">
-    <title>Kernel Interaction During Boot</title>
-
-    <indexterm>
-      <primary>kernel</primary>
-      <secondary>boot interaction</secondary>
-    </indexterm>
-
-    <para>Once the kernel is loaded by either the default loader
-      (<xref linkend="boot-loader"/>) or by boot2
-      (<xref linkend="boot-boot1"/>), which bypasses the loader, it
-      examines any boot flags and adjusts its behavior as
-      necessary.</para>
-
-    <sect2 xml:id="boot-kernel-bootflags">
-      <title>Kernel Boot Flags</title>
-
-      <indexterm>
-	<primary>kernel</primary>
-	<secondary>bootflags</secondary>
-      </indexterm>
-
-      <para>Here are the more common boot flags:</para>
-
-      <variablelist xml:id="boot-kernel-bootflags-list">
-	<varlistentry>
-	  <term><option>-a</option></term>
-
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>During kernel initialization, ask for the device
-	      to mount as the root file system.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-	</varlistentry>
-
-	<varlistentry>
-	  <term><option>-C</option></term>
-
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>Boot from CDROM.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-	</varlistentry>
-
-	<varlistentry>
-	  <term><option>-c</option></term>
-
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>Run UserConfig, the boot-time kernel
-	      configurator.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-	</varlistentry>
-
-	<varlistentry>
-	  <term><option>-s</option></term>
-
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>Boot into single-user mode.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-	</varlistentry>
-
-	<varlistentry>
-	  <term><option>-v</option></term>
-
-	  <listitem>
-	    <para>Be more verbose during kernel startup.</para>
-	  </listitem>
-	</varlistentry>
-      </variablelist>
-
-      <note>
-	<para>Refer to &man.boot.8; for more information on the other
-	  boot flags.</para>
-      </note>
-    </sect2>
-
-<!--    <sect2 id="boot-kernel-userconfig">
-      <title>UserConfig: the Boot-time Kernel Configurator</title>
-
-      <para> </para>
-    </sect2> -->
-  </sect1>
-
   <sect1 xml:id="device-hints">
     <info>
       <title>Device Hints</title>
@@ -905,16 +885,12 @@ bitmap_name="<replaceable>/boot/splash.bin</replaceable>"</programlisting>
       in the <envar>init_path</envar> variable in
       <command>loader</command>.</para>
 
-    <sect2 xml:id="boot-autoreboot">
+      <para>The boot sequence makes sure that the file
-      <title>Automatic Reboot Sequence</title>
-
-      <para>The automatic reboot sequence makes sure that the file
 	systems available on the system are consistent.  If they are
 	not, and &man.fsck.8; cannot fix the inconsistencies of a UFS
 	file system, &man.init.8; drops the system into single-user
-	mode (<xref linkend="boot-singleuser"/>) so that the system
+	mode so that the system
 	administrator can resolve the problem directly.</para>
-    </sect2>
 
     <sect2 xml:id="boot-singleuser">
       <title>Single-User Mode</title>
@@ -923,7 +899,7 @@ bitmap_name="<replaceable>/boot/splash.bin</replaceable>"</programlisting>
       <indexterm><primary>console</primary></indexterm>
 
       <para>This mode can be reached through the automatic reboot
-	sequence (<xref linkend="boot-autoreboot"/>), the user booting
+	sequence, the user booting
 	with <option>-s</option>, or by setting the <envar>boot_
 	  single</envar> variable in &man.loader.8;.</para>
 
@@ -970,9 +946,6 @@ console none                            unknown off insecure</programlisting>
 	multi-user mode, in which it starts the resource configuration
 	of the system.</para>
 
-      <sect3 xml:id="boot-rc">
-	<title>Resource Configuration</title>
-
 	<indexterm><primary>rc files</primary></indexterm>
 
 	<para>The resource configuration system reads in
@@ -988,7 +961,6 @@ console none                            unknown off insecure</programlisting>
 	<para>To learn more about the resource configuration system,
 	  refer to &man.rc.8; and examine the scripts
 	  themselves.</para>
-      </sect3>
     </sect2>
   </sect1>