1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products 14.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 17.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 18.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 19.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 20.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 21.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 22.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 23.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 24.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 25.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 26.\" 27.\" from: Id: bootparams.5,v 1.2 1994/10/03 19:26:13 gwr Exp 28.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5,v 1.9.2.2 2001/01/24 12:24:28 ru Exp $ 29.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:52 dillon Exp $ 30.\" 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