84 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
84 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
.\" $NetBSD: bootparams.5,v 1.6 1997/04/23 00:28:03 mrg Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\"
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.Dd October 2, 1994
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.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bootparams
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.Nd boot parameter database
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm /etc/bootparams
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm bootparams
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file specifies the boot parameters that
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.Xr diskless
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clients may request when booting over the network.
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Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the
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.Nm bootparams
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file containing the servers and pathnames for its
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.Nm root ,
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area. It may optionally contain
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.Nm swap
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and
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.Nm dump
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areas.
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.Pp
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Each line in the file
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(other than comment lines that begin with a #)
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specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that
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the client may request by their logical names.
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The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab,
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and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash.
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.Pp
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For example:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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dummy root=server:/export/dummy/root \\
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swap=server:/export/dummy/swap \\
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dump=server:/export/dummy/swap
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.Ed
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.Pp
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When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for
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its logical "root" it will be given server
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.Dq Pa "server"
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and pathname
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.Dq Pa "/export/dummy/root"
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as the response to its
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.Tn RPC
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request.
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.Sh NOTES
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The server does not default to the localhost, and must be filled in.
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
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.It Pa /etc/bootparams
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default configuration file
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.El
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.Sh "SEE ALSO"
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.Xr diskless 8 ,
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.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8
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