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boot_i386.8: Mention this is legacy
Reviewed by: imp Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D49704 (cherry picked from commit b8437cb) (cherry picked from commit 96743bf)
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" @(#)boot_i386.8 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94
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.\"
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.Dd July 11, 2020
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.Dd April 7, 2025
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.Dt BOOT 8 i386
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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and unless this fails, the system will resume multi-user operations.
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.Pp
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.Sy Cold starts .
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Most i386 PCs attempt to boot first from floppy disk drive 0 (sometimes
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Legacy i386 PCs attempt to boot first from floppy disk drive 0 (sometimes
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known as drive A:) and, failing that, from hard disk drive 0 (sometimes
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known as drive C:, or as drive 0x80 to the BIOS).
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Some BIOSes allow
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you to change this default sequence, and may also include a CD-ROM
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drive as a boot device.
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Some newer PCs boot using UEFI firmware, not BIOS.
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Contemporary PCs boot using UEFI firmware, not BIOS.
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That process is described
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in
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.Xr uefi 8 .

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