-no-fd-bootchk option (Lonnie Mendez)

[qemu.git] / qemu-doc.texi

diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
index 2b37179c5144c63a248190f420776091804b8dc6..5a3f8f4d4f77480c910efe8f838215c271dcdd40 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-doc.texi
+++ b/qemu-doc.texi
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ Write to temporary files instead of disk image files. In this case,
 the raw disk image you use is not written back. You can however force
 the write back by pressing @key{C-a s} (@pxref{disk_images}). 
 
+@item -no-fd-bootchk
+Disable boot signature checking for floppy disks in Bochs BIOS. It may
+be needed to boot from old floppy disks.
+
 @item -m megs
 Set virtual RAM size to @var{megs} megabytes. Default is 128 MB.
 
@@ -1394,7 +1398,7 @@ More information is available at
 @node Sparc32 System emulator invocation
 @section Sparc32 System emulator invocation
 
-Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate a JavaStation
+Use the executable @file{qemu-system-sparc} to simulate a SparcStation 5
 (sun4m architecture). The emulation is somewhat complete.
 
 QEMU emulates the following sun4m peripherals:
@@ -1419,13 +1423,14 @@ Floppy drive
 
 The number of peripherals is fixed in the architecture.
 
-QEMU uses the Proll, a PROM replacement available at
-@url{http://people.redhat.com/@/zaitcev/linux/}. The required
-QEMU-specific patches are included with the sources.
+Since version 0.8.1, QEMU uses OpenBIOS
+@url{http://www.openbios.org/}. OpenBIOS is a free (GPL v2) portable
+firmware implementation. The goal is to implement a 100% IEEE
+1275-1994 (referred to as Open Firmware) compliant firmware.
 
 A sample Linux 2.6 series kernel and ram disk image are available on
-the QEMU web site. Please note that currently neither Linux 2.4
-series, NetBSD, nor OpenBSD kernels work.
+the QEMU web site. Please note that currently NetBSD, OpenBSD or
+Solaris kernels don't work.
 
 @c man begin OPTIONS