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From: "H. Jared Agnew" <jagnew@jagnew.cstone.net>
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>Number:         1854
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Error in bootparams(5) man page
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Oct 20 12:30:00 PDT 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     H. Jared Agnew
>Organization:
Eclipse Software
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE
>Environment:

  FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE on a Dell P75

>Description:

  The bootparams(5) man page specifys that entries in the /etc/bootparams
  config file should be as follows,

           dummy   root=/export/dummy/root \
                   swap=/export/dummy/swap \
                   dump=/export/dummy/swap

  This however does not work when I am trying to diskless boot clients that
  request root and swap.  tcpdump shows that bootparamd is giving the 
  directory but the diskless client then fails.  This is because the
  client machine does not know what machine these directories are for.
  

>How-To-Repeat:

  Try to boot a decstation 5000/20 and fill out /etc/bootparams as shown.

>Fix:
	
  There should be some explanation to this effect and then the example should
  show as,

           dummy   root=foo:/export/dummy/root \
                   swap=foo:/export/dummy/swap \
                   dump=foo:/export/dummy/swap

  where foo is the host that these directories are exported from.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: