1.\" $Id: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.2 1994/01/21 01:54:21 jtc Exp $ 2.\" @(#)bootparamd.8 3.Dd Jan 8, 1994 4.Dt BOOTPARAMD 8 5.Os NetBSD 6.Sh NAME 7.Nm bootparamd 8.Nd boot parameter server 9.Sh SYNOPSIS 10.Nm /usr/sbin/rpc.bootparamd 11.Op Fl d 12.Op Fl s 13.Op Fl r router 14.Op Fl f file 15.Sh DESCRIPTION 16.Nm \&Bootparamd 17is a server process that provides information to diskless clients 18necessary for booting. It consults the file 19.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 20It should normally be started from 21.Dq Pa /etc/rc . 22.Pp 23This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the 24.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams 25file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request 26will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name. 27In this way you can keep the answer short enough 28so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot. 29.Sh OPTIONS 30.Bl -tag -width indent 31.It Fl d 32Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this 33case. 34.It Fl s 35Log the debugging information with syslog. 36.It Fl r 37Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address). 38This defaults to the machine running the server. 39.It Fl f 40Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of 41.Dq Pa /etc/bootparams . 42.El 43.Pp 44.Sh FILES 45.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 46.It Pa /etc/bootparams 47default configuration file 48.El 49.Sh BUGS 50You may find the syslog loggings too verbose. 51.Pp 52It's not clear if the non-cannonical hack mentioned above is a good idea. 53.Sh TODO 54Support YP with a '+' line in the file 55.Sh AUTHOR 56Originally written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se> 57