1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 14.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 17.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 18.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 19.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 20.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 21.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 22.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 23.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 24.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.\" from: Id: bootparams.5,v 1.2 1994/10/03 19:26:13 gwr Exp 28.\" $FreeBSD$ 29.\" 30.Dd October 2, 1994 31.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm bootparams 35.Nd boot parameter database 36.Sh SYNOPSIS 37.Nm /etc/bootparams 38.Sh DESCRIPTION 39The 40.Nm 41file specifies the boot parameters that 42.Xr diskless 8 43clients may request when booting over the network. 44Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the 45.Nm 46file containing the pathnames for its 47.Dq root 48and (optionally) 49.Dq swap 50areas. 51.Pp 52Each line in the file 53(other than comment lines that begin with a 54.Ql # ) 55specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that 56the client may request by their logical names. 57The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, 58and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash. 59.Pp 60For example: 61.Bd -literal -offset indent 62dummy root=host:/export/dummy/root \\ 63 swap=host:/export/dummy/swap \\ 64 dump=host:/export/dummy/swap 65.Ed 66.Pp 67When the client named 68.Dq dummy 69requests the pathname for its logical 70.Dq root 71it will be given the pathname 72.Dq Pa host:/export/dummy/root 73as the response to its 74.Tn RPC 75request. 76The 77.Dq host: 78component must be supplied. 79.Sh FILES 80.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 81.It Pa /etc/bootparams 82default configuration file 83.El 84.Sh SEE ALSO 85.Xr bootparamd 8 , 86.Xr diskless 8 87