Bug 187613

Summary: [handbook] [patch] Improve boot section in handbook
Product: Documentation Reporter: Fernando Apesteguía <fernape>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: Jason Helfman <jgh>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description Fernando Apesteguía freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-03-15 19:00:00 UTC 
In the handbook, there is missing information about how the boot loader searches for files with the boot and load commands[1].

The proposed patch adds some hints about how those files are looked for. Specifically, we should inform that if the name is not qualified, it will be searched under /boot/kernel and /boot/modules.

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/boot-blocks.html

Fix: Apply the attached patch.

If this patch gets committed I can write another one for the Spanish manual since that's my mother tongue.

Patch attached with submission follows:
Comment 1 Jason Helfman freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-03-16 01:58:48 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->jgh

I'll take it.
Comment 2 Jason Helfman freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-08-26 15:43:50 UTC 
Committed. Thanks!
Comment 3 commit-hook freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2014-08-26 15:43:59 UTC 
A commit references this bug:

Author: jgh
Date: Tue Aug 26 15:43:19 UTC 2014
New revision: 45517
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45517

Log:
  - 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

Changes:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml