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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man8/setnetbootinfo.8 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man8/setnetbootinfo.8 b/static/openbsd/man8/setnetbootinfo.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e04b0f5c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man8/setnetbootinfo.8 @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: setnetbootinfo.8,v 1.9 2020/04/23 21:28:10 jmc Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: setnetbootinfo.8,v 1.2 1997/04/06 08:41:36 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Christopher G. Demetriou. 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. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by Christopher G. Demetriou +.\" for the NetBSD Project. +.\" 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. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 23 2020 $ +.Dt SETNETBOOTINFO 8 alpha +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm setnetbootinfo +.Nd configure network bootstrap program +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm setnetbootinfo +.Op Fl vf +.Op Fl o Ar infile +.Oo +.Fl a Ar ether-address | Fl h Ar ether-host +.Oc +.Ar netboot +.Nm setnetbootinfo +.Op Fl v +.Fl u o Ar outfile infile +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm setnetbootinfo +utility configures the OpenBSD/alpha network bootstrap program so +that it can be used to bootstrap systems with old firmware revisions. +.Pp +The OpenBSD/alpha network bootstrap program needs to have the Ethernet +address of the interface being used to boot the system available when +querying other hosts on the network for bootstrapping information. +Alpha systems with old firmware revisions provide no way for +network bootstrap programs to determine the Ethernet address of +the interface that they are booting from, and so the OpenBSD/alpha +network bootstrap program must find that information in another way. +(Newer firmware revisions include the Ethernet address in the name of +the device that is being booted from.) +The +.Nm +utility encodes an Ethernet address (and other information) directly +into the network bootstrap program. +.Pp +The options recognized by +.Nm +are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl a Ar ether-address +Encode the given Ethernet address into the network bootstrap program. +(This option and the +.Fl h +option are mutually exclusive.) +.It Fl f +Force the address information being encoded in the bootstrap +program to be used regardless of whether or not the bootstrap +program can get address information from the booting system's +firmware. +.It Fl h Ar ether-host +Encode the Ethernet address of the specified host into the network +bootstrap program. +The host's name is translated to an Ethernet address using the +.Xr ether_hostton 3 +function. +(This option and the +.Fl a +option are mutually exclusive.) +.It Fl o Ar outfile +Output the resulting bootstrap program into the file named by +.Ar outfile , +replacing it if it already exists. +If the +.Fl o +flag is not specified, the output file name will be +the name of the input bootstrap program concatenated with a +period and the digits of the Ethernet address being encoded. +For instance, if the input file is named +.Pa /usr/mdec/netboot +and is being configured to encode the Ethernet address +.Li 08:00:2b:bd:5d:fd , +then the default output file name would be +.Pa /usr/mdec/netboot.08002bbd5dfd . +It is safe to set the output file name to be the same as the +input file name; the input file is read in its entirety before +the output file is modified. +.It Fl u +Remove configuration information from the specified network +bootstrap program. +If this option is used, an output file name must be specified with the +.Fl o +option, and neither the +.Fl a +or the +.Fl h +options may be specified. +.It Fl v +Verbose mode. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr dhcpd 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The alpha +.Nm +command first appeared in +.Nx 1.2b . |
