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