Configuring Terminal | 7 |
Figure 2-1 Bootptab File Example
.c_terminal:ht=1:ds=132.237.1.42:gw=132.237.20.1:sm=255.255.255.0:\ :dn=xx.com:sa=132.237.20.2:hd=/tftpboot:bf=vmlinux:\ :T17=”132.237.20.2:/nwt/root”:
term1:ha=00800c123456:ip=132.237.20.5:tc=.c_terminal term2:ha=00800c123457:ip=132.237.20.4:tc=.c_terminal
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bf | = | TFTP boot file |
dn | = | domain name |
ds | = | domain name servers (IP) |
gw | = | gateways |
ha | = | hardware address |
hd | = | home directory |
ht | = | hardware type |
ip | = | host IP address |
sa | = | TFTP server address |
sm | = | subnet mask |
tc | = | template host (points to similar host entry) |
T17 = | root path | |
The option used here for the NFS root directory is the T17 entry, which is of the form IPADDR:/PATH. The IPADDR entry is the IP address of the NFS server and PATH is the full pathname on that server to what will be the root directory of the network boot directory tree. (The quotation marks are required in the T17 entry to allow the colon in the option data to be passed as part of the data.)
Note
IMPORTANT! The addresses of servers that support the terminal boot process must be specified by IP address. This is because the name resolution function is not operational until the system is completely loaded and initialized.