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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man5/bootparams.5 b/static/openbsd/man5/bootparams.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..32766736 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man5/bootparams.5 @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: bootparams.5,v 1.13 2022/03/31 17:27:31 naddy Exp $ +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ +.Dt BOOTPARAMS 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm bootparams +.Nd boot parameter database +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm bootparams +file specifies the boot parameters that +.Xr diskless 8 +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 "root" and (optionally) "swap" areas. +.Pp +Each line in the file +(other than comment lines that begin with a +.Sq # ) +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 +client root=server:/export/client/root \e + swap=server:/export/client/swap \e + dump=server:/export/client/swap +.Ed +.Pp +When the client named "client" requests the pathname for +its logical "root", it will be given the server name "server" +and the pathname +.Pa /export/client/root +as the response to its +.Tn RPC +request. +.Pp +A line containing simply +.Sq + +will cause YP lookups to be done on the YP map "bootparams". +.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 , +.Xr yp 8 |
