Document that loader(8) stops reading `loader.conf' when it

encounters a syntax error, and add a tip about adding first
the `vital' options and then experimental ones.

PR:		docs/119658
Submitted by:	Julian Stacey, jhs at berklix.org
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Giorgos Keramidas 2008-01-16 06:59:22 +00:00
parent 8030c630da
commit b8b4c607d8
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=175379

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@ -238,6 +238,16 @@ contains the instructions to automatically process
.Xr boot 8 ,
.Xr loader 8 ,
.Xr loader.4th 8
.Sh BUGS
The
.Xr loader 8
stops reading
.Nm
when it encounters a syntax error, so any options which are vital for
booting a particular system (i.e.\&
.Dq Va hw.ata.ata_dma Ns "=0" )
should precede any experimental additions to
.Nm .
.Sh HISTORY
The file
.Nm