Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:40:25 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook 19.7 Diskless Operation: bug in configuring swap text Message-ID: <20040209214025.GI449@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <402624E2.8010607@users.sourceforge.net> References: <402624E2.8010607@users.sourceforge.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:00:34PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > Section "19.7.1.6 Configuring Swap", on diskless operation, has a mistake, > that drove me almost crazy. It says there: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > /etc/bootptab would use the following syntax instead: > > T128="192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=64000 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > The T129 here is totally wrong, because this T129 is a syntax error and > stops > bootpd from working properly! > > The syntax for Tn tag is something like: > n is an RFC1084 vendor field tag number [...] The generic data may be > represented as either a stream of hexadecimal numbers or as a quoted > string > of ASCII characters. > So the second line above should be replaced by: > > T128="192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=0000fa00 Rob, would an equivalent be: T128="192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129="64000" I think that would be clearer for most users. Ceri -- [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAJ/5JocfcwTS3JF8RAq1xAKCTGtfQqkF796iEgc9ibUaLZIEfnwCdGlnc ACFdIQ2do5QQKnsnD2NkVy4= =84qc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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