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authorThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2017-02-28 18:40:01 +0100
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2017-03-14 13:26:36 +0100
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docs: Add a note about mixing bootindex with "-boot order"
Occasionally the users try to mix the bootindex properties with the "-boot order" parameter - and this likely does not give the expected results. So let's add a proper statement that these two concepts should not be used together. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> Message-Id: <1488303601-23741-1-git-send-email-thuth@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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@@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ drive letters depend on the target architecture. The x86 PC uses: a, b
(floppy 1 and 2), c (first hard disk), d (first CD-ROM), n-p (Etherboot
from network adapter 1-4), hard disk boot is the default. To apply a
particular boot order only on the first startup, specify it via
-@option{once}.
+@option{once}. Note that the @option{order} or @option{once} parameter
+should not be used together with the @option{bootindex} property of
+devices, since the firmware implementations normally do not support both
+at the same time.
Interactive boot menus/prompts can be enabled via @option{menu=on} as far
as firmware/BIOS supports them. The default is non-interactive boot.