1.\" $OpenBSD: bootparams.5,v 1.11 2014/02/12 17:12:53 schwarze 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: February 12 2014 $ 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 "root" and (optionally) "swap" areas. 45.Pp 46Each line in the file 47(other than comment lines that begin with a 48.Sq # ) 49specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that 50the client may request by their logical names. 51The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab, 52and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash. 53.Pp 54For example: 55.Bd -literal -offset indent 56client root=server:/export/client/root \e 57 swap=server:/export/client/swap \e 58 dump=server:/export/client/swap 59.Ed 60.Pp 61When the client named "client" requests the pathname for 62its logical "root" it will be given the server name "server" 63and the pathname 64.Pa /export/client/root 65as the response to its 66.Tn RPC 67request. 68.Pp 69A line containing simply 70.Sq + 71will cause YP lookups to be done on the YP map "bootparams". 72.Sh FILES 73.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact 74.It Pa /etc/bootparams 75default configuration file 76.El 77.Sh SEE ALSO 78.Xr diskless 8 , 79.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 , 80.Xr yp 8 81