1.\" $NetBSD: bootparams.5,v 1.8 1999/04/06 04:54:21 cgd Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8.\" are met: 9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 15.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 16.\" 17.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 19.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 20.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 21.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 22.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 23.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 24.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 25.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 26.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.Dd October 2, 1994 29.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm bootparams 33.Nd boot parameter database 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Nm /etc/bootparams 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nm 39file specifies the boot parameters that 40.Xr diskless 41clients may request when booting over the network. 42Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the 43.Nm 44file containing the servers and pathnames for its 45.Pa root , 46area. It may optionally contain 47.Pa swap 48and 49.Pa dump 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=server:/export/dummy/root \\ 62 swap=server:/export/dummy/swap \\ 63 dump=server:/export/dummy/swap 64.Ed 65.Pp 66When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for 67its logical "root" it will be given server 68.Dq Pa "server" 69and pathname 70.Dq Pa "/export/dummy/root" 71as the response to its 72.Tn RPC 73request. 74.Sh NOTES 75The server does not default to the localhost, and must be filled in. 76.Sh FILES 77.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 78.It Pa /etc/bootparams 79default configuration file 80.El 81.Sh SEE ALSO 82.Xr diskless 8 , 83.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 84