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From: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:00:34PM +0900, Rob wrote:
>=20
> Hi,
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> 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
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