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.\" $NetBSD: setnetbootinfo.8,v 1.9 2000/06/14 17:25:49 cgd Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1999 Christopher G. Demetriou
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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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.\" must display the following acknowledgement:
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.\" This product includes software developed for the
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.\" NetBSD Project. See http://www.netbsd.org/ for
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.\" information about NetBSD.
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.\" 4. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
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.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
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.\"
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
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.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
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.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
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.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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.\"
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.\" <<Id: LICENSE,v 1.2 2000/06/14 15:57:33 cgd Exp>>
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.\"
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.Dd April 3, 1999
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.Dt SETNETBOOTINFO 8 alpha
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm setnetbootinfo
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.Nd configure Alpha network bootstrap program
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm /usr/mdec/setnetbootinfo
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.Op Fl vf
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.Op Fl o Ar outfile
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.Oo
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.Fl a Ar ether-address | Fl h Ar ether-host
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.Oc
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.Ar infile
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.Nm /usr/mdec/setnetbootinfo
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.Op Fl v
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.Fl u o Ar outfile Ar infile
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm setnetbootinfo
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utility configures the
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.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
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network bootstrap program so
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that it can be used to bootstrap systems with old firmware revisions.
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.Pp
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The
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.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
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network bootstrap program needs to have the ethernet
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address of the interface being used to boot the system available when
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querying other hosts on the network for bootstrapping information.
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Alpha systems with old firmware revisions provide no way for
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network bootstrap programs to determine the ethernet address of
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the interface that they are booting from, and so the
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.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
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network bootstrap program must find that information in another way.
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(Newer firmware revisions include the ethernet address in the name of
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the device that is being booted from.)
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The
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.Nm
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utility encodes an ethernet address (and other information) directly
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into the network bootstrap program.
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.Pp
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The options recognized by
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.Nm
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are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width flag
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.It Fl a Ar ether-address
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Encode the given ethernet address into the network bootstrap program.
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(This option and the
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.Fl h
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option are mutually exclusive.)
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.It Fl f
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Force the address information being encoded in the bootstrap
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program to be used regardless of whether or not the bootstrap
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program can get address information from the booting system's
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firmware.
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.It Fl h Ar ether-host
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Encode the ethernet address of the specified host into the network
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bootstrap program. The host's name is translated to an ethernet
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address using the
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.Xr ether_hostton 3
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function.
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(This option and the
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.Fl a
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option are mutually exclusive.)
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.It Fl o Ar outfile
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Output the resulting bootstrap program into the file named by
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.Ar outfile ,
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replacing it if it already exists. If the
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.Fl o
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flag is not specified, the output file name will be
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the name of the input bootstrap program concatenated with a
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period and the digits of the ethernet address being encoded.
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For instance, if the input file is named
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.Pa /usr/mdec/netboot
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and is being configured to encode the ethernet address
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.Li 08:00:2b:bd:5d:fd ,
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then the default output file name would be
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.Pa /usr/mdec/netboot.08002bbd5dfd .
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It is safe to set the output file name to be the same as the
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input file name; the input file is read in its entirety before
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the output file is modified.
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.It Fl u
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Remove configuration information from the specified network
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bootstrap program. If this option is used, an output file name must be
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specified with the
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.Fl o
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option, and neither the
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.Fl a
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or the
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.Fl h
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options may be specified.
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.It Fl v
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Verbose mode.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Bl -tag -width /usr/mdec/ustarboot -compact
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.It Pa /usr/mdec/netboot
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network bootstrap program
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.El
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.\" .Sh EXAMPLES
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.\" There should be some examples of how to use
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.\" .Nm setnetbootinfo .
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.\" XXX
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr boot 8 ,
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.Xr bootpd 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nx Ns Tn /alpha
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.Nm
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command first appeared in
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.Nx 1.3 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by Chris Demetriou.
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