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| author | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-05-30 17:17:11 -0700 |
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| committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2007-05-30 17:17:11 -0700 |
| commit | 46f46957e0aba98f6943dfa7cf61334dd5b2b890 (patch) | |
| tree | 047d1ecec8b8aa066d0c347fa136abf3e94e70b0 /syslinux.doc | |
| parent | f2befae50aa9341c938637fa9708f8eac3e9eb3d (diff) | |
| download | syslinux-46f46957e0aba98f6943dfa7cf61334dd5b2b890.tar.gz | |
Allow binding help text to F11 and F12.
Fix the odd anomaly that one can't bind help text to F11 and F12.
Diffstat (limited to 'syslinux.doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | syslinux.doc | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/syslinux.doc b/syslinux.doc index 626b9eeb..17370739 100644 --- a/syslinux.doc +++ b/syslinux.doc @@ -384,18 +384,19 @@ F1 filename F2 filename ...etc... F9 filename -F0 filename +F10 filename +F11 filename +F11 filename Displays the indicated file on the screen when a function key is pressed at the boot: prompt. This can be used to implement pre-boot online help (presumably for the kernel command line - options.) Note that F10 MUST be entered in the config file as - "F0", not "F10", and that there is currently no way to bind - file names to F11 and F12. Please see the section below on - DISPLAY files. + options.) Please see the section below on DISPLAY files. When using the serial console, press <Ctrl-F><digit> to get to - the help screens, e.g. <Ctrl-F><2> to get to the F2 screen, - and <Ctrl-F><0> for the F10 one. + the help screens, e.g. <Ctrl-F><2> to get to the F2 screen. + For F10-F12, hit <Ctrl-F><A>, <Ctrl-F>B, <Ctrl-F>C. For + compatiblity with earlier versions, F10 can also be entered as + <Ctrl-F>0. Blank lines are ignored. |