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)