AUTOINSTALL(8) - System Manager’s Manual # AUTOINSTALL(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # autoinstall - unattended OpenBSD installation and upgrade
DESCRIPTION # autoinstall allows unattended installation or upgrade of OpenBSD by automatically responding to installer questions with answers from a response file. autoinstall uses DHCP to discover the location of the response file and HTTP to fetch the file. If that fails, the installer asks for the location which can either be a URL or a local path.
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BOOTPARAMS(5) - File Formats Manual # BOOTPARAMS(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # bootparams - boot parameter database
DESCRIPTION # The bootparams file specifies the boot parameters that diskless(8) clients may request when booting over the network. Each client supported by this server must have an entry in the bootparams file containing the pathnames for its “root” and (optionally) “swap” areas.
Each line in the file (other than comment lines that begin with a ‘#’) specifies the client name followed by the pathnames that the client may request by their logical names.
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Rpc.bootparamd,
Exports,
Tcpdump,
Mygate,
Myname,
Rbootd,
Mopd,
Portmap,
Rarpd,
Hostname.if,
Mountd,
Bootparams,
Pxeboot,
Fstab,
Hosts,
Nfsd,
Tftpd,
Dhcpd.conf,
Ethers,
Dhcpd,
Diskless DISKLESS(8) - System Manager’s Manual # DISKLESS(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # diskless - booting a system over the network
DESCRIPTION # The ability to boot a machine over the network is useful for diskless or dataless machines, or as a temporary measure while repairing or re-installing filesystems on a local disk. This file provides a general description of the interactions between a client and its server when a client is booting over the network.
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ETHERS(5) - File Formats Manual # ETHERS(5) - File Formats Manual
NAME # ethers - Ethernet host name database
DESCRIPTION # The ethers file maps Ethernet addresses to host names. Lines consist of an address and a host name, separated by any number of blanks and/or tab characters. A ‘#’ indicates the beginning of a comment; characters up to the end of the line are not interpreted by routines which search the file.
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PXEBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64) # PXEBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (amd64)
NAME # pxeboot - amd64-specific second-stage PXE bootstrap
DESCRIPTION # pxeboot is a modified version of the amd64 second-stage bootstrap program, boot(8), configured to run under Intel’s Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). PXE is a form of smart boot ROM, built into many Ethernet cards from Intel, 3Com, and other manufacturers.
The computer’s PXE boot ROM contacts a DHCP server by broadcasting a request on the network.
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PXEBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386) # PXEBOOT(8) - System Manager’s Manual (i386)
NAME # pxeboot - i386-specific second-stage PXE bootstrap
DESCRIPTION # pxeboot is a modified version of the i386 second-stage bootstrap program, boot(8), configured to run under Intel’s Preboot Execution Environment (PXE). PXE is a form of smart boot ROM, built into many Ethernet cards from Intel, 3Com, and other manufacturers.
The computer’s PXE boot ROM contacts a DHCP server by broadcasting a request on the network.
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RARPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RARPD(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rarpd - reverse ARP daemon
SYNOPSIS # rarpd [-adflt] if0Â […Â ifN]
DESCRIPTION # rarpd services Reverse ARP requests on the Ethernet connected to the specified interfaces. Upon receiving a request, rarpd maps the target hardware address to an IP address via its name, which must be present in both the ethers(5) and hosts(5) databases. If a host does not exist in both databases, the translation cannot proceed and a reply will not be sent.
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RPC.BOOTPARAMD(8) - System Manager’s Manual # RPC.BOOTPARAMD(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # rpc.bootparamd - boot parameter server
SYNOPSIS # rpc.bootparamd [-ds] [-f file] [-r router]
DESCRIPTION # rpc.bootparamd is a server process that provides information to diskless clients necessary for booting. It consults the file /etc/bootparams. It should normally be started from /etc/rc.
This version will allow the use of aliases on the hostname in the /etc/bootparams file. The hostname returned in response to the booting client’s whoami request will be the name that appears in the config file, not the canonical name.
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