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29.Dd October 2, 1994
30.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm bootparams
34.Nd boot parameter database
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.Nm /etc/bootparams
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm bootparams
40file specifies the boot parameters that
41.Xr diskless 8
42clients may request when booting over the network.
43Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the
44.Nm bootparams
45file containing the pathnames for its
46.Nm root
47and (optionally)
48.Nm swap
49areas.
50.Pp
51Each line in the file
52(other than comment lines that begin with a #)
53specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that
54the client may request by their logical names.
55The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab,
56and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash.
57.Pp
58For example:
59.Bd -literal -offset indent
60client	root=server:/export/client/root \e
61	swap=server:/export/client/swap \e
62	dump=server:/export/client/swap
63.Ed
64.Pp
65In this version of
66.Nm rpc.bootparamd ,
67.Ar client
68can be an asterisk ("*") for wildcard processing.
69.Pp
70When the client named "client" requests the pathname for
71its logical "root" it will be given the server name
72.Dq Pa "server"
73and the pathname
74.Dq Pa "/export/client/root"
75as the response to its
76.Tn RPC
77request.
78.Pp
79A line containing simply "+" will cause YP lookups to be
80done on the YP map "bootparams".
81.Sh FILES
82.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
83.It Pa /etc/bootparams
84default configuration file
85.El
86.Sh SEE ALSO
87.Xr diskless 8 ,
88.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 ,
89.Xr yp 8
90