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diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index a4c6d50bd0..3165d951b8 100644 --- a/man7/bootparam.7 +++ b/man7/bootparam.7 @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ complicated situations, assuming the setup function supports it.) Most of the sorting goes on in linux/init/main.c. First, the kernel checks to see if the argument is any of the special arguments 'root=', -'nfsroot=', 'nfsaddrs=', 'ro', 'rw', 'debug' or 'init'. +\&'nfsroot=', 'nfsaddrs=', 'ro', 'rw', 'debug' or 'init'. The meaning of these special arguments is described below. Then it walks a list of setup functions (contained in the bootsetups @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ This boot address is used in case of a net boot. This sets the nfs root name to the given string. If this string does not begin with '/' or ',' or a digit, then it is prefixed by -'/tftpboot/'. +\&'/tftpboot/'. This root name is used in case of a net boot. .TP .B "'no387'" @@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ use 'root=/dev/fd1'. (The root device can also be set using The root device can be specified symbolically or numerically. A symbolic specification has the form /dev/XXYN, where XX designates the device type ('hd' for ST-506 compatible hard disk, with Y in -'a'-'d'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'-'e'; -'ad' for Atari ACSI disk, with Y in 'a'-'e', -'ez' for a Syquest EZ135 parallel port removable drive, with Y='a', -'xd' for XT compatible disk, with Y either 'a' or 'b'; 'fd' for +\&'a'-'d'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'-'e'; +\&'ad' for Atari ACSI disk, with Y in 'a'-'e', +\&'ez' for a Syquest EZ135 parallel port removable drive, with Y='a', +\&'xd' for XT compatible disk, with Y either 'a' or 'b'; 'fd' for floppy disk, with Y the floppy drive number \(em fd0 would be the DOS 'A:' drive, and fd1 would be 'B:'), Y the driver letter or number, and N the number (in decimal) of the partition on this device @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ itself. The most common example is one of the new SCSI CD-ROMs that handle more than one disk at a time. Each CD is addressed as a -'Logical Unit Number' (LUN) of that particular device. +\&'Logical Unit Number' (LUN) of that particular device. But most devices, such as hard disks, tape drives and such are only one device, and will be assigned to LUN zero. @@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ Therefore, if the compile time flag is not set, newer kernels will by default only probe LUN zero. To specify the number of probed LUNs at boot, one enters -'max_scsi_luns=n' as a boot arg, where n is a number between one and +\&'max_scsi_luns=n' as a boot arg, where n is a number between one and eight. To avoid problems as described above, one would use n=1 to avoid upsetting such broken devices. @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ The syntax for this type of card is: sbpcd=iobase,type .IP where type is one of the following (case sensitive) strings: -'SoundBlaster', 'LaserMate', or 'SPEA'. +\&'SoundBlaster', 'LaserMate', or 'SPEA'. The I/O base is that of the CD-ROM interface, and not that of the sound portion of the card. .SS "Ethernet Devices" @@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ d \- DMA channel. As you can see it gets pretty messy, and you are better off to compile in your own personal values as recommended. Using a boot arg of -'sound=0' will disable the sound driver entirely. +\&'sound=0' will disable the sound driver entirely. .SS "ISDN Drivers" .TP .B "The ICN ISDN driver" |