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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 | 24 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 index 85f4c98..0ab47e4 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +.hlm 0 .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross .\" All rights reserved. @@ -39,18 +40,19 @@ The .Nm file specifies the boot parameters that -diskless +.Xr diskless 8 clients may request when booting over the network. Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the .Nm file containing the pathnames for its -.Nm root +.Dq root and (optionally) -.Nm swap +.Dq swap areas. .Pp Each line in the file -(other than comment lines that begin with a #) +(other than comment lines that begin with a +.Ql # ) 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, @@ -63,12 +65,18 @@ dummy root=host:/export/dummy/root \\ dump=host:/export/dummy/swap .Ed .Pp -When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for -its logical "root" it will be given the pathname -.Dq Pa "host:/export/dummy/root" +When the client named +.Dq dummy +requests the pathname for its logical +.Dq root +it will be given the pathname +.Dq Pa host:/export/dummy/root as the response to its .Tn RPC -request. The "host:" component must be supplied. +request. +The +.Dq host: +component must be supplied. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact .It Pa /etc/bootparams |
