Available only on Sun 386i systems running a SunOS 4.0.x release or earlier. Not a SunOS 4.1 release feature.
The bootservers file is an ASCII file that resides in the /etc directory on the Network Information Service (NIS) master server. The file contains basic information about each host providing boot services for clients on the network. This file contains a one-line entry for each boot server, where each field must be separated by a TAB character:
system type client_limit swap_size tmp_size root_minfree swap_minfree
The entries in the file have the following descriptions:
Here is a sample bootservers file entry:
polaris 3 2 16000 8000 40000 0
The Network Information Service (NIS) was formerly known as Sun Yellow Pages (YP). The functionality of the two remains the same; only the name has changed. The name Yellow Pages is a registered trademark in the United Kingdom of British Telecommunications plc, and may not be used without permission.
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