From 8b2dd87cbe05e232963c86e305cb415ae6ba6584 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Thibault Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:48:56 +0100 Subject: Document -f option of boot --- hurd/subhurd.mdwn | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'hurd/subhurd.mdwn') diff --git a/hurd/subhurd.mdwn b/hurd/subhurd.mdwn index 55927fdd..0c7677a9 100644 --- a/hurd/subhurd.mdwn +++ b/hurd/subhurd.mdwn @@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ practice [that doesn't work at the moment](http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?17341).) You can provide the subhurd with a network card by passing a `-f` option to -`boot`. +`boot`. For instance, if you have a second network card `/dev/eth1` in your +host hurd, pass `-f eth0=/dev/eth1` to make it appear as device eth0 in the +subhurd. Now the subhurd should boot just like a normal Hurd started directly from GRUB, finally presenting a login prompt. The `boot` program serves as proxy for the -- cgit v1.2.3