From af26ce0fabf61272c867eb4b349da2220fc2c670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 10:57:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bootparam.7: Remove crufty text Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/bootparam.7 | 17 ++++------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index d852c55e8..8093462ad 100644 --- a/man7/bootparam.7 +++ b/man7/bootparam.7 @@ -187,19 +187,10 @@ The root device can be specified symbolically or numerically. A symbolic specification has the form .IR /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 -floppy disk, with Y the floppy drive number\(emfd0 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 -(absent in the case of floppies). -Recent kernels allow many other -types, mostly for CD-ROMs: nfs, ram, scd, mcd, cdu535, aztcd, cm206cd, -gscd, sbpcd, sonycd, bpcd. -(The type nfs specifies a net boot; ram refers to a ram disk.) +the device type (e.g., 'hd' for ST-506 compatible hard disk, with Y in +\&'a'-'d'; 'sd' for SCSI compatible disk, with Y in 'a'-'e'), +Y the driver letter or +number, and N the number (in decimal) of the partition on this device. Note that this has nothing to do with the designation of these devices on your filesystem.