1 .\" $NetBSD: rpc.bootparamd.8,v 1.16 2003/08/20 13:07:41 tsutsui Exp $
9 .Nd boot parameter server
18 is a server process that provides information to diskless clients
19 necessary for booting. It consults the file
20 .Dq Pa /etc/bootparams .
21 It should normally be started from
24 This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the
25 .Dq Pa /etc/bootparams
26 file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client's whoami request
27 will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name.
28 In this way you can keep the answer short enough
29 so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot.
31 While parsing, if a line containing just ``+'' is found, and
32 the YP subsystem is active, the YP map
34 will be searched immediately.
36 .Bl -tag -width indent
38 Display the debugging information. The daemon does not fork in this
41 Specify the interface to become the default router.
43 picks the first IPv4 address it finds on the system by default.
46 you can control which interface to be used to obtain the default router address.
51 Log the debugging information with
54 Set the default router (a hostname or IP-address).
55 This defaults to the machine running the server.
57 Specify the file to use as boot parameter file instead of
58 .Dq Pa /etc/bootparams .
61 .Bl -tag -width /etc/bootparams -compact
62 .It Pa /etc/bootparams
63 default configuration file
70 .Aq klas@nada.kth.se .
72 You may find the syslog messages too verbose.
74 It's not clear if the non-canonical hack mentioned above is a good idea.