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 bootparams 41file specifies the boot parameters that 42.Xr diskless 43clients may request when booting over the network. 44Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the 45.Nm bootparams 46file containing the pathnames for its 47.Nm root 48and (optionally) 49.Nm swap 50areas. 51.Pp 52Each line in the file 53(other than comment lines that begin with a #) 54specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that 55the client may request by their logical names. 56The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, 57and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash. 58.Pp 59For example: 60.Bd -literal -offset indent 61dummy root=host:/export/dummy/root \\ 62 swap=host:/export/dummy/swap \\ 63 dump=host:/export/dummy/swap 64.Ed 65.Pp 66When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for 67its logical "root" it will be given the pathname 68.Dq Pa "host:/export/dummy/root" 69as the response to its 70.Tn RPC 71request. The "host:" component must be supplied. 72.Sh FILES 73.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 74.It Pa /etc/bootparams 75default configuration file 76.El 77.Sh "SEE ALSO" 78.Xr bootparamd 8 , 79.Xr diskless 8 80