/boot/

Welcome to /boot/.

Introduction

The directory /boot/ contains all important programs and configuration files used during operating system bootstrap.

Content

Directory	Description
defaults/	default bootstrapping configuration files; see loader.conf(5)
file: /boot/defaults/loader.conf	default settings -- do not change this file.
file: /boot/loader.conf	user defined settings
file: /boot/loader.conf.local	machine-specific settings for sites with a common loader.conf.
dtb/	Compiled flattened device tree (FDT) files; see fdt(4) and dtc(1)
firmware/	loadable kernel modules containing binary firmware for hardware that needs firmware downloaded to it to function
kernel/	pure kernel executable (the operating system loaded into memory at boot time) and kernel modules
modules/	third-party loadable kernel modules; see kldstat(8)
overlays/	Compiled flattened device tree (FDT) overlays; see fdt(4) and dtc(1) - not on GhostBSD
zfs/	zfs(8) zpool cache files
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Programs and Files

Variable	Description
/boot/beastie.4th	The file that goes by the name of beastie.4th is a set of commands designed to draw the ASCII art FreeBSD mascot, known simply as beastie, to the right of the boot loader menu.]
/boot/boot	system bootstrapping procedures A single, full-blown file, boot (/boot/boot), is what ultimately is written to disk.
/boot/boot0	The Master Boot Record It is a small 512-byte file.
/boot/boot0sio	Image for serial consoles (COM1,9600,8,N,1,MODEM) see: FILES
/boot/boot1	boot1 is the next step in the boot-loading sequence
/boot/boot1.efi	UEFI The default UEFI boot configuration for FreeBSD installs boot1.efi in the default path.
/boot/boot1.efifat	UEFI msdosfs(5) FAT file system image containing boot1.efi for use by bsdinstall(8) and the bootcode argument to gpart(8).
/boot/boot2	boot2 is much bigger than boot0 and boot1, holding both the BTX server and the boot2 client
/boot/brand.4th	FreeBSD ASCII art boot module
/boot/brand-fbsd.4th	like brand.4th
/boot/cdboot	Boot from CD
/boot/check-password.4th
/boot/color.4th	FreeBSD color-detection boot module
/boot/delay.4th	FreeBSD debugging boot module
/boot/device.hints	device resource hints
/boot/efi.4th
/boot/frames.4th
/boot/gptboot	GPT bootcode for UFS on BIOS-based computers
/boot/gptboot.efi
/boot/gptboot.efifat
/boot/gptzfsboot	GPT bootcode for ZFS on BIOS-based computers
/boot/isoboot	Boot from iso
/boot/loader	The program called loader is the final stage of FreeBSD's kernel bootstrapping process.[1]
/boot/loader.4th	loader(8) bootstrapping script. loader.conf processing tools
/boot/loader.conf	user defined settings
/boot/loader.efi
/boot/loader.rc	loader bootstrapping script. Standard: /boot/loader.rc: include /boot/loader.4th
/boot/loader.rc.local
/boot/loader_4th
/boot/loader_4th.efi
/boot/loader_lua
/boot/loader_lua.efi
/boot/loader_simp
/boot/loader_simp.efi
/boot/logo-beastie.4th
/boot/logo-beastiebw.4th
/boot/logo-fbsdbw.4th
/boot/logo-orb.4th
/boot/logo-orbbw.4th
/boot/mbr	Master Boot Record
/boot/menu.4th	FreeBSD dynamic menu boot module
/boot/menu.rc
/boot/menu-commands.4th
/boot/menusets.4th	FreeBSD dynamic submenu boot module
/boot/pmbr
/boot/pxeboot	Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) bootloader
/boot/screen.4th
/boot/shortcuts.4th
/boot/support.4th
/boot/userboot.so
/boot/userboot_4th.so
/boot/userboot_lua.so
/boot/version.4th	The file that goes by the name of version.4th is a set of commands designed to draw the boot loader version at the bottom-right of the screen. The commands of version.4th by themselves are not enough for most uses. Please refer to the examples below for the most common situations, and to loader(8) for additional commands.
/boot/zfsboot	bootcode for ZFS on BIOS-based computers
/boot/zfsloader	zfsloader is an extended variant of loader(8) with added support for booting from ZFS. This document describes only differences from loader(8).