Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:40:25 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> To: Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook 19.7 Diskless Operation: bug in configuring swap text Message-ID: <20040209214025.GI449@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <402624E2.8010607@users.sourceforge.net> References: <402624E2.8010607@users.sourceforge.net>
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--qVHblb/y9DPlgkHs Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:00:34PM +0900, Rob wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Section "19.7.1.6 Configuring Swap", on diskless operation, has a mistake, > that drove me almost crazy. It says there: >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > /etc/bootptab would use the following syntax instead: >=20 > T128=3D"192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=3D64000 >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > The T129 here is totally wrong, because this T129 is a syntax error and= =20 > stops > bootpd from working properly! >=20 > The syntax for Tn tag is something like: > n is an RFC1084 vendor field tag number [...] The generic data may be > represented as either a stream of hexadecimal numbers or as a quoted= =20 > string > of ASCII characters. > So the second line above should be replaced by: >=20 > T128=3D"192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=3D0000fa00 Rob, would an equivalent be: T128=3D"192.168.4.4:/netswapvolume/netswap":T129=3D"64000" I think that would be clearer for most users. Ceri --=20 --qVHblb/y9DPlgkHs Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAJ/5JocfcwTS3JF8RAq1xAKCTGtfQqkF796iEgc9ibUaLZIEfnwCdGlnc ACFdIQ2do5QQKnsnD2NkVy4= =84qc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qVHblb/y9DPlgkHs--
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