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Add a paragraph that mentions gptboot having an interactive mode, and

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direct the user to the boot(8) manpage, which provides the details on that.
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Ian Lepore 2019-04-30 18:48:20 +00:00
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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd February 5, 2014
.Dd April 30, 2019
.Dt GPTBOOT 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -39,6 +39,20 @@ is installed in a
.Cm freebsd-boot
partition with
.Xr gpart 8 .
.Pp
When it starts,
.Nm
first reads the GPT and determines which drive and partition to
boot from, as described under
.Sx BOOTING ,
below.
If it does not find an eligible partition, or if the user hits a
key within three seconds,
.Nm
switches from auto-boot to interactive mode.
Interactive mode allows manual selection of the disk, partition,
filename, and boot option flags, as described in
.Xr boot 8 .
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The GPT standard allows a variable number of partitions, but
.Nm