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Freeway User Guide
5.1.4 Check for Update: bootparm.txt
You may change the boot parameters stored in nvram.txt at boot time by creating a text
file called
bootparm.txt that the Freeway can read during this step of the boot process. To
do this, create an ordinary CDROM (non-bootable) containing an ASCII text file
named
bootparm.txt in the root directory. That file should contain lines which specify any
changes you want to make in the boot parameters. The lines must be in the format as
shown in Figure 5–2. This is essentially the same format that is displayed when accessing
the boot parameters using the Freeway interactive menus except that all the spaces
between words are replaced with underscore characters.
The field to the right of the colon is the new value for the specified boot parameter.
Empty-valued fields will keep the previously-existing boot parameter value, and "." will
erase the boot parameter value (make it blank). Lines with "#" as the first non-
Figure 5–2: Format of Text File: bootparm.txt
Boot_Device : ide=0,0
Processor_Number : 0
FTP_User_Name : freeway
FTP_Password : password
Flags : 0x1000
Freeway_Server_Name : fwy29
Freeway_Inet_Address : 192.168.1.29
Freeway_Subnet_Mask : ffffff00
Boot_Server_Name : bootmaster
Boot_Server_Inet_Address : 192.168.1.2
System_Boot_Directory : /usr/local/freeway/boot
System_Boot_File_Name : fwybsd
Configuration_File_Name : bootcfg
Secondary_Net_Interface : fei
Gateway_Inet_Address :