bionic (5) bootparams.5.gz

Provided by: bootparamd_0.17-9build1_amd64 bug

NAME

     bootparams — boot parameter database

SYNOPSIS

     /etc/bootparams

DESCRIPTION

     The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless clients may request when booting over the
     network.  Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the bootparams file containing the
     pathnames for its root and (optionally) swap areas.

     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.

     For example:

           dummy   root=host:/export/dummy/root \
                   swap=host:/export/dummy/swap \
                   dump=host:/export/dummy/swap

     When the client named "dummy" requests the pathname for its logical "root" it will be given the pathname
     “host:/export/dummy/root” as the response to its RPC request.  The "host:" component must be supplied.

FILES

     /etc/bootparams  default configuration file

SEE ALSO

     bootparamd(8)