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