plan9.ini(8), boot(8): clarify the use of $rootdir and $rootspec

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cinap_lenrek 2019-05-07 11:41:33 +02:00
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commit fe1f6c1b3d
2 changed files with 26 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -127,15 +127,23 @@ password:
.PP
Once connected,
.I boot
mounts
the root file system before
.B /
mounts the root file system at
.B /root
(with the optional mount spec argument from
.BR $rootspec )
and makes the connection available as
.B #s/boot
for subsequent processes to
.B mount
(see
.IR bind (2)).
It then binds
.B /root
(or the value specified by
.BR $rootdir )
after the
.BR /
directory.
.I Boot
completes by
.IR exec (2)'ing

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@ -691,10 +691,24 @@ See
for more.
.SS \fLnobootprompt=\fIvalue\fP
Suppress the
.L "root from"
.L bootargs
prompt and use
.I value
as the answer instead.
.SS \fLrootdir=\fB/root/\fIdir\fP
.SS \fLrootspec=\fIspec\fP
Changes the mount arguments for the root file server
that was specified by
.I bootargs
above.
By changing
.I dir
in
.BR $rootdir ,
a different sub-directory on the root file server
can be used as the system root. see
.IR boot (8)
for details.
.SS \fLuser=\fIvalue\fP
Suppress the
.L "user"