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bootparam.7: Remove mention of the deprecated rdev(8) 

The deprecated rdev(8) command was removed from util-linux in 2010.
See https://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux/util-linux.git;a=commit;h=a3e40c14651fccf18e7954f081e601389baefe3fO

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\" FIXME ? The use of quotes on this page is inconsistent with the
.\" rest of man-pages.
.\"
.TH BOOTPARAM 7 2013-03-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH BOOTPARAM 7 2013-06-08 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
bootparam \- introduction to boot time parameters of the Linux kernel
.SH DESCRIPTION
@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ which you copied a kernel using 'cp zImage /dev/fd0'),
you have no opportunity to specify any parameters.
So, in order to take advantage of this possibility you have to
use software that is able to pass parameters, like LILO or loadlin.
For a few parameters one can also modify the kernel image itself,
using rdev; see
.BR rdev (8)
for further details.
The LILO program (LInux LOader) written by Werner Almesberger is the
most commonly used.
@ -58,7 +54,7 @@ and
.BR lilo.conf (5).)
LILO can boot DOS, OS/2, Linux, FreeBSD, UnixWare, etc., and is quite flexible.
The other commonly used Linux loader is 'LoadLin' which is a DOS
The other commonly used Linux loader is 'LoadLin', which is a DOS
program that has the capability to launch a Linux kernel from the DOS
prompt (with boot-args) assuming that certain resources are available.
This is good for people that want to launch Linux from DOS.
@ -178,8 +174,6 @@ system that the kernel was built on.
To override this value, and
select the second floppy drive as the root device, one would
use 'root=/dev/fd1'.
(The root device can also be set using
.BR rdev (8).)
The root device can be specified symbolically or numerically.
A symbolic specification has the form /dev/XXYN, where XX designates
@ -227,8 +221,6 @@ as read/write capable, for example, by 'mount \-w \-n \-o remount /'.
The 'rw' option tells the kernel to mount the root file system read/write.
This is the default.
The choice between read-only and read/write can also be set using
.BR rdev (8).
.TP
.B "'resume=...'"
This tells the kernel the location of the suspend-to-disk data that you want the machine to resume from after hibernation.
@ -394,13 +386,10 @@ before the main disk can be accessed.
In Linux 1.3.48, ramdisk handling was changed drastically.
Earlier, the memory was allocated statically, and there was
a 'ramdisk=N' parameter to tell its size.
(This could also
be set in the kernel image at compile time, or by use of
.BR rdev (8).)
(This could also be set in the kernel image at compile time.)
These days ram disks use the buffer cache, and grow dynamically.
For a lot of information (e.g., how to use
.BR rdev (8)
in conjunction with the new ramdisk setup), see
For a lot of information in conjunction with the new ramdisk
setup), see
.IR /usr/src/linux/Documentation/ramdisk.txt .
There are four parameters, two boolean and two integral.
@ -1312,8 +1301,7 @@ Braille machines.
.BR lilo.conf (5),
.BR klogd (8),
.BR lilo (8),
.BR mount (8),
.BR rdev (8)
.BR mount (8)
Large parts of this man page have been derived from the
Boot Parameter HOWTO (version 1.0.1) written by Paul Gortmaker.