NAME¶

bootparamd — boot parameter server

SYNOPSIS¶

rpc.bootparamd

[-d] [-s] [-r router] [-f file]

DESCRIPTION¶

bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the /etc/bootparams file to find the information it needs. This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the /etc/bootparams file. The returned hostname to the whoami request done by the booting client will be the name that appears in /etc/bootparams and not the canonical name. In this way you can keep the answer short enough so that machines that cannot handle long hostnames won't fail during boot.

OPTIONS¶

-d

Display debugging information.

-s

Log the debugging information to syslog.

-r router

The default router (a machine or an IP-address). This defaults to the machine running the server.

-f file

The file to use as boot parameter file instead of /etc/bootparams.

FILES¶

/etc/bootparams

BUGS¶

You may find the syslog loggings too verbose.

AUTHOR¶

Written by Klas Heggemann <klas@nada.kth.se>