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.\" 29.Dd October 2, 1994 30.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm bootparams 34.Nd boot parameter database 35.Sh SYNOPSIS 36.Nm /etc/bootparams 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38The 39.Nm 40file specifies the boot parameters that 41.Xr diskless 8 42clients may request when booting over the network. 43Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the 44.Nm 45file containing the pathnames for its 46.Dq root 47and (optionally) 48.Dq swap 49areas. 50.Pp 51Each line in the file 52(other than comment lines that begin with a 53.Ql # ) 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 67.Dq dummy 68requests the pathname for its logical 69.Dq root 70it will be given the pathname 71.Dq Pa host:/export/dummy/root 72as the response to its 73.Tn RPC 74request. 75The 76.Dq host: 77component must be supplied. 78.Sh FILES 79.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 80.It Pa /etc/bootparams 81default configuration file 82.El 83.Sh SEE ALSO 84.Xr bootparamd 8 , 85.Xr diskless 8 86