boot parameter data base
The bootparams file contains a list of client entries that
diskless clients use for booting. Diskless booting clients
retrieve this information by issuing requests to a server
running the rpc.bootparamd(1M) program. The bootparams file
may be used in conjunction with or in place of other sources
for the bootparams information. See nsswitch.conf(4).
For each client the file contains an entry with the client's
name and a list of boot parameter values for that client.
Each entry should have the form:
clientname identifier-specifier ...
The first item of each entry is the host name of the disk-
less client. The asterisk ('*') character may be used as a
"wildcard" in place of the client name in a single entry.
That entry will apply to all clients for whom there is not
an entry that specifically names them.
This is followed by one or more whitespace characters and a
series of identifier-specifiers separated by whitespace
characters.
Each identifier-specifier has the form:
identifier=server

athname
or
identifier=domain-name
The first form is used for file-specific identifiers. A
file-specific identifier is a key that is used by diskless
clients to identify a file or filesystem. server is the name
of the server that will provide the file or filesystem to
the diskless client, and pathname is the path to the
exported file or filesystem on the specified server. The
equal sign ('=') and colon (':') characters are used in the