From ce4a847d11cccb44e9f982d70fd7ec7514c6eb59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Helfman Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:43:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - add information about how boot loader searches for files PR: 187613 Submitted by: fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com Approved by: bcr Differential Review: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D660 --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml index fb3f6e0958..425b5926a2 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml @@ -346,7 +346,10 @@ boot: kernel name on the command-line is only applicable after an unload has been issued. Otherwise, the previously-loaded kernel will be - used. + used. If kernelname is not + qualified it will be searched under + /boot/kernel and + /boot/modules. @@ -382,7 +385,11 @@ boot: Loads the kernel, kernel module, or file of the type given, with the specified filename. Any arguments after filename - are passed to the file. + are passed to the file. If + filename is not qualified it + will be searched under + /boot/kernel + and /boot/modules.