BOOTPARAMS(5)

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 backslash.

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)