convert_bootptab(8)                                     convert_bootptab(8)

NAME
     convertbootptab - convert an old style bootptab file to new style

SYNOPSIS
     convertbootptab oldstylefile newstylefile

DESCRIPTION
     convertbootptab is a utility program that helps the system adminis-
     trator to convert old style bootptab files to new style ones.

     It is not possible to do the conversion fully automatically, because
     the new style bootptab file contains information that is not present
     in the old style file.

     A new created bootptab file should be reviewed and edited, to match
     the parameters of the local network.

     In particular, a .default section is created in the new file defining
     parameters which will be included later in the host entries. There the
     tags dn (domain name), ds (domain name servers), and sm (subnet mask)
     should be adjusted.

EXAMPLE
     bootptab file in old format:

          # home directory
          /tftpboot
          # default boot file
          Xtd
          # end of first section
          %%
          # host     htype  haddr               iaddr        bootfile
          uppsala    1      00:aa:00:02:7f:18   160.50.0.18  Xtd.new

     From this file the following new style bootptab file is created:

          ...
          # First, we define a global entry which specifies the stuff
          # every host uses.
          # (Host name lookups are relative to the domain: your.domain.name)
          .default:\
                  :ht=ether:\
                  :hn:\
                  :dn=your.domain.name:\
                  :ds=your,dns,servers:\
                  :sm=255.255.0.0:\
                  :hd=/tftpboot:\
                  :rp=/tftpboot:\
                  :td=/tftpboot:\
                  :bf=Xtd:\
                  :to=auto:




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convert_bootptab(8)                                     convert_bootptab(8)

          # host entries

          uppsala:\
                  :tc=.default:\
                  :ha=0x00aa00027f18:\
                  :ip=160.50.0.18:\
                  :bf=Xtd.new:

     The tags dn (domain name), ds (domain name servers), and sm (subnet
     mask) need to be adjusted.

FILES
     /etc/inet/bootptab

SEE ALSO
     bootp(8), bootptab(5).






































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