From fcc3b3198a23b29c2f1dd8f232f58eb9e5f26cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ross Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 07:23:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update this somewhat with respect to NetBSD 1.3 swap features and NFS_BOOT*. There is more work to do here. --- share/man/man8/diskless.8 | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/man/man8/diskless.8 b/share/man/man8/diskless.8 index d195b49f7370..9578139f8722 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/diskless.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/diskless.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: diskless.8,v 1.11 1997/06/16 07:50:35 mrg Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: diskless.8,v 1.12 1998/01/26 07:23:20 ross Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross, Theo de Raadt .\" All rights reserved. @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd October 2, 1994 +.Dd January 25, 1998 .Dt DISKLESS 8 .Os NetBSD .Sh NAME @@ -121,6 +121,15 @@ The procedure used by the kernel is as follows: .It 3.1 The kernel finds a boot server using the same procedure as described in steps 2.1 and 2.2 above. +In general, the GENERIC +.Xr config 8 +files +for any particular architecture will specify options to activate in +the kernel the +same protocol used by the boot program for that +architecture, however, the kernel can +be compiled to use any of BOOTP, DHCP, or BOOTPARAMS. See +.Xr options 4 . .It 3.2 The kernel gets the .Tn NFS @@ -237,11 +246,15 @@ It can be as simple as copying and modifying the server's root filesystem, or perhaps you need to get those files out of the standard binary distribution. .Pp -Note that, unlike SunOS, you need to create a mount point for the +Historically, it has been necessary to create a mount point for the client's swap: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact # mkdir /export/myclient/root/swap .Ed +In +.Nx +1.3, the swap file can simply be located on an NFS volume and specified +by path name in /etc/fstab. .Pp .It 8. Export the required filesystems in