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info(4)								       info(4)

NAME
       info - diskless client configuration information file

DESCRIPTION
       The file is a POSIX shell sourceable file which contains parameter def‐
       initions used at boot time.  Typically, it will be an  empty  file  and
       default	values will be used for all parameters.	 Following is the list
       of parameters which can be defined in the file:

	      Specifies the IP address of the client's private root server. If
	      this is not
				       specified,  the	client's  private root
				       server defaults to the boot server.

	      Specifies the pathname to the client's private root on the  pri‐
	      vate root
				       server.	If  this is not specified, the
				       client's private root path defaults to

	      Specifies the NFS mount options to mount	the  client's  private
	      root from
				       the private root server. If this is not
				       specified, the mount options default to

	      Specifies the NFS mount options to mount the client's
				       directory from the boot server. If this
				       is  not	specified,  the	 mount options
				       default to

	      Specifies whether NFS should  be	configured  as	primary	 swap.
	      (NOTE: In
				       order to swap to NFS, a diskless kernel
				       must be configured with tunable parame‐
				       ter  set	 to  1.) If a diskless machine
				       has a local swap disk and swap  to  NFS
				       is not desired, the parameter should be
				       set to the value of 1 and the  diskless
				       kernel  should  be  configured  without
				       setting to 1. If this parameter is  not
				       specified  in  the  file and the kernel
				       tunable parameter is set to 1, then NFS
				       will be configured as primary swap.

	      If not set, this parameter defaults to a value of 1, and results
	      in the
				       removal of all swapfiles above the con‐
				       figured swap minimum (swap is specified
				       in the client's when a diskless	client
				       boots.	This  ensures  that extraneous
				       swapfiles at  boot  time	 are  removed,
				       thus  freeing disk space.  If is set to
				       0 in the file, removal of  extra	 swap‐
				       files  is disabled.  This may result in
				       faster boot times due to the time  sav‐
				       ings in creating additional swap files.

       The file resides in the same directory as the client's kernel () on the
       boot server and is retrieved at boot time using command.	  By  default,
       when  a	diskless  client  is  created,	an empty file is placed in the
       client's kernel directory.  This ensures that all parameters revert  to
       their  default values (see above).  If the file is not present, this is
       an error.

EXAMPLES
       An example file is shown below:

FILES
								       info(4)

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