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6: Customizing the System Configuration
DC 900-1333Q 167
6.3 Customizing the Boot Configuration File
The default boot configuration file (bootcfg) is located on the Freeway server in the
/tmp/boot/ directory. If you are booting the Freeway from the network, the bootcfg file is
normally located in the /
freeway/boot directory on the boot server (or whatever directory
is specified in the Freeway boot parameters).
During the boot process, Freeway uses the boot configuration file to configure physical
and virtual devices, services, and corresponding databases prior to downloading the
software to the ICPs. See Section 5.1 on page 141 for a complete description of the boot
process.
Figure 6–1 shows a sample boot configuration file that configures two ICPs in a Freeway
server. This file enables Freeway to download X.25 software to an ICP with device name
icp0 and download AWS software to an ICP with device name icp1. (The introductory
comments from the beginning of the file have been omitted.)
The boot configuration file allows comment lines to be entered by placing the pound
sign (#) at the beginning of a line of text. All blank lines are skipped. All fields must be
delimited with white space. White space between each field can be spaces or tabs.
Following is a description of the parameters in the boot configuration file:
6.3.1 Configuration Parameters for Physical ICP Boards
Device Name The device_name parameters in the example file in Figure 6–1 are icp0
and icp1. Freeway uses the device names to identify the devices. The device name
must be of the form “
icpx”, w h e r e x corresponds to the BoardNo parameter in the
DLI configuration file of the client application program. Each device name
entered in the boot configuration file must be unique.
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