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bootparam.7: Remove crufty text 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2015-04-24 10:48:18 +02:00
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@ -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.