bootparams.5

NAME

bootparams - a table in the xCAT database.

SYNOPSIS

bootparams Attributes: node, kernel, initrd, kcmdline, addkcmdline, dhcpstatements, adddhcpstatements, comments, disable

DESCRIPTION

Current boot settings to be sent to systems attempting network boot for deployment, stateless, or other reasons. Mostly automatically manipulated by xCAT.

bootparams Attributes:

node

The node or group name

kernel

The kernel that network boot actions should currently acquire and use. Note this could be a chained boot loader such as memdisk or a non-linux boot loader

initrd

The initial ramdisk image that network boot actions should use (could be a DOS floppy or hard drive image if using memdisk as kernel)

kcmdline

Arguments to be passed to the kernel

addkcmdline

User specified kernel options for os provision process(no prefix) or the provisioned os(with prefix “R::”). The options should be delimited with spaces(” “)

dhcpstatements

xCAT manipulated custom dhcp statements (not intended for user manipulation)

adddhcpstatements

Custom dhcp statements for administrator use (not implemneted yet)

comments

Any user-written notes.

disable

Set to ‘yes’ or ‘1’ to comment out this row.

SEE ALSO

nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)