BOOTPARAMS

Section: File Formats (5)
Updated: 16 February 1988
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NAME

bootparams - boot parameter data base  

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bootparams  

DESCRIPTION

The bootparams file contains the list of client entries that diskless clients use for booting. For each diskless client the entry should contain the following information:

        name of client
        a list of keys, names of servers, and pathnames.

The first item of each entry is the name of the diskless client. The subsequent item is a list of keys, names of servers, and pathnames.

Items are separated by TAB characters.  

EXAMPLE

Here is an example of the /etc/bootparams file:

myclient        root=myserver:/nfsroot/myclient \
        swap=myserver:/nfsswap/myclient \
        dump=myserver:/nfsdump/myclient
 

FILES

/etc/bootparams
 

SEE ALSO

bootparamd(8)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
EXAMPLE
FILES
SEE ALSO

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