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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-06-08 05:32:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2013-06-12 14:56:28 +0200 |
| commit | 1aedd25804b33d9496457c39b81030bd9f3faefc (patch) | |
| tree | 1b6444aa6bb4fae050652cd37762790f41fe0989 /man7 | |
| parent | e57fca5af6cf061a2db6017abd79c366d37a6d8d (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-1aedd25804b33d9496457c39b81030bd9f3faefc.tar.gz | |
bootparam.7: Fix cross references to init(1) man page
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | man7/bootparam.7 | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index 30611d8254..82367bd4ff 100644 --- a/man7/bootparam.7 +++ b/man7/bootparam.7 @@ -108,12 +108,18 @@ argument. Any remaining arguments that were not picked up by the kernel and were not interpreted as environment variables are then passed onto process -one, which is usually the init program. +one, which is usually the +.BR init (1) +program. The most common argument that -is passed to the init process is the word 'single' which instructs init +is passed to the +.I init +process is the word 'single' which instructs it to boot the computer in single user mode, and not launch all the usual daemons. -Check the manual page for the version of init installed on +Check the manual page for the version of +.BR init (1) +installed on your system to see what arguments it accepts. .SS General non-device specific boot arguments .TP |