bootparams(4)

NAME

bootparams − boot parameter data base

SYNOPSIS

/etc/bootparams

DESCRIPTION

The bootparams file contains the list of client entries that diskless and network install 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 path names

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

Items are separated by TAB characters.

A client entry in the local /etc/bootparams file supersedes an entry in the corresponding name service map. See nsswitch.conf(4).

EXAMPLE

Here is an example of an /etc/bootparams file on Solaris 2.1 for SPARC:

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

Here is an example of an /etc/bootparams file on Solaris 2.1 for x86 for a diskless client:

myclient root=myserver:/nfsroot/myclient \
swap=myserver:/nfsswap/myclient \
dump=myserver:/nfsswap/myclient \
numbootfiles=3 \
bootfile=/usr/lib/nfs/drv.x86/smc:45000 \
bootfile=/usr/lib/nfs/drv.x86/gluecode:35000 \
bootfile=/usr/lib/nfs/inetboot.x86:8000 \
bootaddr=35000

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