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diff --git a/docs/system/bootindex.rst b/docs/system/bootindex.rst index 8b057f8..5e1b33e 100644 --- a/docs/system/bootindex.rst +++ b/docs/system/bootindex.rst @@ -49,10 +49,11 @@ Limitations ----------- Some firmware has limitations on which devices can be considered for -booting. For instance, the PC BIOS boot specification allows only one -disk to be bootable. If boot from disk fails for some reason, the BIOS +booting. For instance, the x86 PC BIOS boot specification allows only one +disk to be bootable. If boot from disk fails for some reason, the x86 BIOS won't retry booting from other disk. It can still try to boot from -floppy or net, though. +floppy or net, though. In the case of s390x BIOS, the BIOS will try up to +8 total devices, any number of which may be disks or virtio-net devices. Sometimes, firmware cannot map the device path QEMU wants firmware to boot from to a boot method. It doesn't happen for devices the firmware |