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authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-04-24 10:48:18 +0200
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>2015-04-24 13:46:02 +0200
commitad8fe0829f3860bf6f679576bbd5827f46133372 (patch)
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parentd041270a37e655e0883cdb87a9bc66f620a7c688 (diff)
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bootparam.7: Remove crufty text
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7
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--- a/man7/bootparam.7
+++ b/man7/bootparam.7
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ supply the kernel with information about hardware parameters that
the kernel would not be able to determine on its own, or to avoid/override
the values that the kernel would otherwise detect.
-When the kernel is booted directly by the BIOS (say from a floppy to
-which you copied a kernel using 'cp zImage /dev/fd0'),
+When the kernel is booted directly by the BIOS,
you have no opportunity to specify any parameters.
So, in order to take advantage of this possibility you have to
use a boot loader that is able to pass parameters, such as GRUB.