NAME

bootparams − boot parameter data base

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bootparams

DESCRIPTION

The bootparams file contains the list of client entries that diskless clients use for booting.  For each diskless client the entry should contain the following information:

name of client
a list of keys, names of servers, and pathnames.

The first item of each entry is the name of the diskless client.  The subsequent item is a list of keys, names of servers, and pathnames. 

Items are separated by TAB characters. 

A client entry in the local /etc/bootparams file supersedes an entry in the corresponding Network Information Service (NIS) map. 

EXAMPLE

Here is an example of the /etc/bootparams taken from a SunOS system. 

myclientroot=myserver:/nfsroot/myclient \
swap=myserver:/nfsswap/myclient \
dump=myserver:/nfsdump/myclient

FILES

/etc/bootparams

SEE ALSO

bootparamd(8)

NOTES

The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP).  The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed. 

Sun Release 4.1  —  Last change: 16 February 1988