x86 boot.8: Remove obsolescent non-loader x86 boot documentation
x86 boot uses loader(8) and the boot2-direct-to-kernel process is not supported. Remove the documentation, which doesn't document a working process and leads to confusion. PR: 247074 Reported by: Alex K.
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.\"
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd November 19, 2019
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.Dd June 7, 2020
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.Dt BOOT 8 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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@ -61,32 +61,14 @@ That process is described
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in
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.Xr uefi 8 .
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.Pp
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By default, a three-stage bootstrap is employed, and control is
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automatically passed from the boot blocks (bootstrap stages one and
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two) to a separate third-stage bootstrap program,
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A three-stage bootstrap is employed.
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Control is passed from the boot blocks (bootstrap stages one and two) to a
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third-stage bootstrap program,
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.Xr loader 8 .
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This third stage provides more sophisticated control over the booting
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process than it is possible to achieve in the boot blocks, which are
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constrained by occupying limited fixed space on a given disk or slice.
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.Pp
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However, it is possible to dispense with the third stage altogether,
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either by specifying a kernel name in the boot block parameter
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file,
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.Pa /boot.config ,
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or, unless option
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.Fl n
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is set, by hitting a key during a brief pause (while one of the characters
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.Sy - ,
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.Sy \e ,
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.Sy \&| ,
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or
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.Sy /
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is displayed) before
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.Xr loader 8
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is invoked.
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Booting will also be attempted at stage two, if the
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third stage cannot be loaded.
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.Pp
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The remainder of this subsection deals only with the boot blocks.
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The
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.Xr loader 8
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