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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/diskless.8 | 26 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man8/diskless.8 b/share/man/man8/diskless.8 index d6e49b3..d6750cd 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/diskless.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/diskless.8 @@ -148,16 +148,28 @@ and .Aq ROOT have the obvious meanings. .It -On the root partition, create configuration files for -the diskless clients. -These reside in +On the root partition, create the directory +.Pa /conf/default/etc , +and populate it with a copy of the contents of +.Pa /etc . +The files and subdirectories within +.Pa /conf/default/etc +are used to bootstrap the diskless environment's +.Pa /etc +memory filesystem. +Be sure and copy the entirety of +.Pa /etc , +and not just overrides. +.It +Additionally, one may supply per-network or per-host overrides for +files in +.Pa /etc +by creating and populating the directories .Pa /conf/${i}/etc , where .Va i -can be either -.Qq Li default , -the subnet broadcast -address for the client, or the IP address of the client. +can be either the subnet broadcast address for the client, or the IP +address of the client. .Pp Files are copied from the above directories into .Pa /etc |
