--- xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-alpha-bootloader.xml	2011/05/09 19:47:22	1.24
+++ xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-alpha-bootloader.xml	2012/09/11 22:49:20	1.25
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-alpha-bootloader.xml,v 1.24 2011/05/09 19:47:22 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-alpha-bootloader.xml,v 1.25 2012/09/11 22:49:20 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>11</version>
-<date>2011-05-09</date>
+<version>12</version>
+<date>2012-09-11</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Making your Choice</title>
@@ -72,14 +72,31 @@
 </note>
 
 <p>
-Additionally, you can make Gentoo boot automatically by setting up the 
-aboot configuration file and some SRM variables.  You can try setting 
-these variables from Linux, but it may be easier to do so from the SRM 
-console itself.
+Although <c>aboot</c> is now installed, we still need to write a configuration
+file for it. Aboot only requires one line for each configuration, so we
+can do this:
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Automatically booting Gentoo">
+<pre caption="Creating /etc/aboot.conf">
 # <i>echo '0:2/boot/vmlinux.gz root=/dev/sda2' &gt; /etc/aboot.conf</i>
+
+<comment>
+If, while building the Linux kernel, you opted to include an initramfs to boot
+from, then you will need to change the configuration by referring to this
+initramfs file and telling the initramfs where your real root device is at:
+</comment>
+
+# <i>echo '0:2/boot/vmlinux.gz initrd=/boot/<keyval id="genkernel-initrd"/> real_root=/dev/sda2' &gt; /etc/aboot.conf</i>
+</pre>
+
+
+<p>
+Additionally, you can make Gentoo boot automatically by setting up some SRM
+variables. You can try setting these variables from Linux, but it may be easier
+to do so from the SRM console itself.
+</p>
+
+<pre caption="Automatically booting Gentoo">
 # <i>cd /proc/srm_environment/named_variables</i>
 # <i>echo -n 0 &gt; boot_osflags</i>
 # <i>echo -n '' &gt; boot_file</i>