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.\" $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 bootparams 40file specifies the boot parameters that 41.Xr diskless 42clients may request when booting over the network. 43Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the 44.Nm bootparams 45file containing the pathnames for its 46.Nm root 47and (optionally) 48.Nm swap 49areas. 50.Pp 51Each line in the file 52(other than comment lines that begin with a #) 53specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that 54the client may request by their logical names. 55The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, 56and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash. 57.Pp 58For example: 59.Bd -literal -offset indent 60dummy root=/export/dummy/root \\ 61 swap=/export/dummy/swap \\ 62 dump=/export/dummy/swap 63.Ed 64.Pp 65When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for 66its logical "root" it will be given the pathname 67.Dq Pa "/export/dummy/root" 68as the response to its 69.Tn RPC 70request. 71.Sh FILES 72.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 73.It Pa /etc/bootparams 74default configuration file 75.El 76.Sh "SEE ALSO" 77.Xr diskless 8 , 78.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 79