They found it... :) -Toby.
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Brynet <bry...@gmail.com> wrote: > It seems boot(8) on i386/amd64 has an undocumented feature that is > occasionally handy. This adds a small blurb to the man pages for both > so that people can find it. > > -Bryan. > > Index: i386/stand/boot/boot.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/boot/boot.8,v > retrieving revision 1.58 > diff -u -p -u -r1.58 boot.8 > --- i386/stand/boot/boot.8 28 Oct 2013 15:15:08 -0000 1.58 > +++ i386/stand/boot/boot.8 6 Nov 2013 16:54:05 -0000 > @@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ commands, if any. > Issues machine-dependent commands. > These are defined for i386 architecture: > .Bl -tag -width diskinfo > +.It Nm boot > +Boots the specified partition boot block in place of the original (MBR) > boot > +block: > +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent > +machine boot hd0a > +.Ed > +.Pp > +Where > +.Ar a > +is the first MBR partition table entry, and > +.Ar d > +the last. > .It Nm comaddr > Set the I/O base address for the serial port to be used as serial console. > .It Nm diskinfo > Index: amd64/stand/boot/boot.8 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/arch/amd64/stand/boot/boot.8,v > retrieving revision 1.21 > diff -u -p -u -r1.21 boot.8 > --- amd64/stand/boot/boot.8 28 Oct 2013 15:15:08 -0000 1.21 > +++ amd64/stand/boot/boot.8 6 Nov 2013 16:54:19 -0000 > @@ -204,6 +204,18 @@ commands, if any. > Issues machine-dependent commands. > These are defined for amd64 architecture: > .Bl -tag -width diskinfo > +.It Nm boot > +Boots the specified partition boot block in place of the original (MBR) > boot > +block: > +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent > +machine boot hd0a > +.Ed > +.Pp > +Where > +.Ar a > +is the first MBR partition table entry, and > +.Ar d > +the last. > .It Nm comaddr > Set the I/O base address for the serial port to be used as serial console. > .It Nm diskinfo > >
