1.\" $OpenBSD: bootparams.5,v 1.9 2007/05/31 19:20:28 jmc 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 $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $ 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 bootparams 39file specifies the boot parameters that 40.Xr diskless 8 41clients may request when booting over the network. 42Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the 43.Nm bootparams 44file containing the pathnames for its 45.Nm root 46and (optionally) 47.Nm swap 48areas. 49.Pp 50Each line in the file 51(other than comment lines that begin with a #) 52specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that 53the client may request by their logical names. 54The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, 55and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash. 56.Pp 57For example: 58.Bd -literal -offset indent 59client root=server:/export/client/root \\ 60 swap=server:/export/client/swap \\ 61 dump=server:/export/client/swap 62.Ed 63.Pp 64When the client named "client" requests the pathname for 65its logical "root" it will be given the server name 66.Dq Pa "server" 67and the pathname 68.Dq Pa "/export/client/root" 69as the response to its 70.Tn RPC 71request. 72.Pp 73A line containing simply "+" will cause YP lookups to be 74done on the YP map "bootparams". 75.Sh FILES 76.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 77.It Pa /etc/bootparams 78default configuration file 79.El 80.Sh SEE ALSO 81.Xr diskless 8 , 82.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 , 83.Xr yp 8 84