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NAME

     bootparams - boot parameter database


SYNOPSIS

     /etc/bootparams


DESCRIPTION

     The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless clients
     may request when booting over the network.  Each client supported by this
     server must have an entry in the bootparams file containing the servers
     and pathnames for its root, area.  It may optionally contain swap and
     dump areas.

     Each line in the file (other than comment lines that begin with a #)
     specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that the client may
     request by their logical names.  The components of the line are delimited
     with blank or tab, and may be continued onto multiple lines with a back-
     slash.

     For example:

           dummy   root=server:/export/dummy/root \
                   swap=server:/export/dummy/swap \
                   dump=server:/export/dummy/swap

     When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for its logical
     "root" it will be given server ``server'' and pathname
     ``/export/dummy/root'' as the response to its RPC request.


NOTES

     The server does not default to the localhost, and must be filled in.


FILES

     /etc/bootparams  default configuration file


SEE ALSO

     diskless(8), rpc.bootparamd(8)

NetBSD 1.4                      October 2, 1994                              1