From ad8fe0829f3860bf6f679576bbd5827f46133372 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:48:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bootparam.7: Remove crufty text Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/bootparam.7 | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index 8dd472783..2950bc28c 100644 --- 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.