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Bring the doc up to date with regard to the /etc bootstrapping code

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and the role of /conf/default/etc.
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Brian S. Dean 2001-05-10 20:50:54 +00:00
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.Aq ROOT .Aq ROOT
have the obvious meanings. have the obvious meanings.
.It .It
On the root partition, create configuration files for On the root partition, create the directory
the diskless clients. .Pa /conf/default/etc ,
These reside in and populate it with a copy of the contents of
.Pa /etc .
The files and subdirectories within
.Pa /conf/default/etc
are used to bootstrap the diskless environment's
.Pa /etc
memory filesystem.
Be sure and copy the entirety of
.Pa /etc ,
and not just overrides.
.It
Additionally, one may supply per-network or per-host overrides for
files in
.Pa /etc
by creating and populating the directories
.Pa /conf/${i}/etc , .Pa /conf/${i}/etc ,
where where
.Va i .Va i
can be either can be either the subnet broadcast address for the client, or the IP
.Qq Li default , address of the client.
the subnet broadcast
address for the client, or the IP address of the client.
.Pp .Pp
Files are copied from the above directories into Files are copied from the above directories into
.Pa /etc .Pa /etc