Mention that console= can set multiple consoles.

Relate boot_ options to their kernel command line flags and make it clear
how kenv(1) is used.

Sponsored by:	ActiveState/Sophos
MFC after:	1 week
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Brian Somers 2005-07-29 12:41:37 +00:00
parent 4c8df2df29
commit 07998bfffc

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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ loader_color="NO" # Set this to YES to enable splash screen colors
# allowed to interrupt autoboot process and
# escape to the loader prompt
#beastie_disable="NO" # Turn the beastie boot menu on and off
#console="vidconsole" # Set the current console
#console="vidconsole" # A comma separated list of console(s)
#currdev="disk1s1a" # Set the current device
module_path="/boot/modules" # Set the module search path
#prompt="\\${interpret}" # Set the command prompt
@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ module_path="/boot/modules" # Set the module search path
### Kernel settings ########################################
##############################################################
# The following boot_ variables are enabled
# by setting them to any value.
#boot_askname="" # Prompt the user for the name of the root device
#boot_cdrom="" # Attempt to mount root file system from CD-ROM
#boot_ddb="" # Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger
#boot_gdb="" # Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger
#boot_multicons="" # Use multiple consoles
#boot_serial="" # Use serial console
#boot_single="" # Start system in single-user mode
#boot_verbose="" # Causes extra debugging information to be printed
# The following boot_ variables are enabled by setting them to any value.
# Their presence in the kernel environment (see kenv(1)) has the same
# effect as setting the given boot flag (see boot(8)).
#boot_askname="" # -a: Prompt the user for the name of the root device
#boot_cdrom="" # -C: Attempt to mount root file system from CD-ROM
#boot_ddb="" # -d: Instructs the kernel to start in the DDB debugger
#boot_gdb="" # -g: Selects gdb-remote mode for the kernel debugger
#boot_multicons="" # -D: Use multiple consoles
#boot_serial="" # -h: Use serial console
#boot_single="" # -s: Start system in single-user mode
#boot_verbose="" # -v: Causes extra debugging information to be printed
#init_path="/sbin/init:/sbin/oinit:/sbin/init.bak:/rescue/init:/stand/sysinstall"
# Sets the list of init candidates