From d566ed5bd5f4560e1febe664ba06aef9c201554b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joerg Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:49:31 +0000 Subject: Add bootparams.5. Obtained from: NetBSD --- usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/Makefile | 3 +- usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 (limited to 'usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd') diff --git a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/Makefile b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/Makefile index c4e19d6..deeb4eb 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/Makefile +++ b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/Makefile @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ # from: @(#)Makefile 5.8 (Berkeley) 7/28/90 -# $Id: Makefile,v 1.5 1995/05/30 03:46:26 rgrimes Exp $ +# $Id: Makefile,v 1.6 1995/07/04 08:38:54 bde Exp $ PROG= bootparamd SRCS= bootparam_prot_xdr.c bootparam_prot_svc.c bootparamd.c main.c MAN8= bootparamd.8 +MAN5= bootparams.5 CFLAGS+= -DTFTP_DIR=\"/tftpboot\" -I. CLEANFILES= bootparam_prot_svc.c bootparam_prot_xdr.c bootparam_prot.h diff --git a/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ecb391c --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.sbin/bootparamd/bootparamd/bootparams.5 @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1994 Gordon W. Ross +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: Id: bootparams.5,v 1.2 1994/10/03 19:26:13 gwr Exp +.\" $Id$ +.\" +.Dd October 2, 1994 +.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bootparams +.Nd boot parameter database +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm /etc/bootparams +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm bootparams +file specifies the boot parameters that +.Xr diskless +clients may request when booting over the network. +Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the +.Nm bootparams +file containing the pathnames for its +.Nm root +and (optionally) +.Nm swap +areas. +.Pp +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. +.Pp +For example: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +dummy root=/export/dummy/root \\ + swap=/export/dummy/swap \\ + dump=/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 "/export/dummy/root" +as the response to its +.Tn RPC +request. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact +.It Pa /etc/bootparams +default configuration file +.El +.Sh "SEE ALSO" +.Xr diskless 8 , +.Xr rpc.bootparamd 8 -- cgit v1.1