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35 .Nd boot parameter database
41 file specifies the boot parameters that
43 clients may request when booting over the network.
44 Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the
46 file containing the pathnames for its
53 (other than comment lines that begin with a
55 specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that
56 the client may request by their logical names.
57 The components of the line are delimited with blank or tab,
58 and may be continued onto multiple lines with a backslash.
61 .Bd -literal -offset indent
62 dummy root=host:/export/dummy/root \\
63 swap=host:/export/dummy/swap \\
64 dump=host:/export/dummy/swap
69 requests the pathname for its logical
71 it will be given the pathname
72 .Dq Pa host:/export/dummy/root
73 as the response to its
78 component must be supplied.
80 .Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
81 .It Pa /etc/bootparams
82 default configuration file