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author | Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-09-10 22:34:23 +0000 |
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committer | Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> | 2014-09-10 22:34:23 +0000 |
commit | a0c3451706b9f684076188592d92a67fa005160c (patch) | |
tree | d2fd5677848368f466ba0beae047e41a4ccaea01 /en_US.ISO8859-1/books | |
parent | 24e878d92affd32e5bf46c1b0ea181cd67f1e886 (diff) | |
download | doc-a0c3451706b9f684076188592d92a67fa005160c.tar.gz doc-a0c3451706b9f684076188592d92a67fa005160c.zip |
Wording and clarity improvements.
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diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml index 425b5926a2..a059626dd1 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot/chapter.xml @@ -102,26 +102,25 @@ of the <acronym>BIOS</acronym>.</para> <note> - <para>amd64 hardware is backward compatible as it understands - <acronym>BIOS</acronym> instructions. Newer hardware uses - a GUID Partition Table (<acronym>GPT</acronym>) instead of a - <acronym>MBR</acronym>. &os; can boot from a - <acronym>MBR</acronym> or <acronym>GPT</acronym> partition. - When booting from <acronym>GPT</acronym>, &os; can boot from - either a legacy <acronym>BIOS</acronym> or an Extensible - Firmware Interface (<acronym>EFI</acronym>). Work is in - progress to provide Unified Extensible Firmware Interface - (<acronym>UEFI</acronym>) support.</para> + <para>&os; provides for booting from both the older + <acronym>MBR</acronym> standard, and the newer GUID Partition + Table (<acronym>GPT</acronym>). <acronym>GPT</acronym> + partitioning is often found on computers with the Unified + Extensible Firmware Interface (<acronym>UEFI</acronym>). + However, &os; can boot from <acronym>GPT</acronym> partitions + even on machines with only a legacy <acronym>BIOS</acronym> + with &man.gptboot.8;. Work is under way to provide direct + <acronym>UEFI</acronym> booting.</para> </note> <indexterm><primary>Master Boot Record - <acronym>MBR</acronym>)</primary></indexterm> + (<acronym>MBR</acronym>)</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>Boot Manager</primary></indexterm> <indexterm><primary>Boot Loader</primary></indexterm> - <para>The code within the <acronym>MBR</acronym> is usually + <para>The code within the <acronym>MBR</acronym> is typically referred to as a <emphasis>boot manager</emphasis>, especially when it interacts with the user. The boot manager usually has more code in the first track of the disk or within the file @@ -134,10 +133,10 @@ <para>If only one operating system is installed, the <acronym>MBR</acronym> searches for the first bootable (active) slice on the disk, and then runs the code on that slice to load - the remainder of the operating system. If multiple operating + the remainder of the operating system. When multiple operating systems are present, a different boot manager can be installed - which displays the list of operating systems so that the user - can choose which one to boot.</para> + to display a list of operating systems so the user + can select one to boot.</para> <para>The remainder of the &os; bootstrap system is divided into three stages. The first stage knows just enough to get the @@ -556,8 +555,7 @@ boot:</screen> <indexterm><primary>console</primary></indexterm> <para>A user can specify this mode by booting with - <option>-s</option> or by setting the <envar>boot - _ single</envar> variable in + <option>-s</option> or by setting the <envar>boot_single</envar> variable in <application>loader</application>. It can also be reached by running <command>shutdown now</command> from multi-user mode. Single-user mode begins with this message:</para> |