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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions documentation/content/en/books/handbook/advanced-networking/_index.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -2097,6 +2097,16 @@ When the system boots, memory file systems for [.filename]#/etc# and [.filename]
By default, these file systems have a maximum capacity of 5 megabytes.
If the archives do not fit, which is usually the case for [.filename]#/var# when binary packages have been installed, request a larger size by putting the number of 512 byte sectors needed (e.g., 5 megabytes is 10240 sectors) in [.filename]#${NFSROOTDIR}/conf/base/etc/md_size# and [.filename]#${NFSROOTDIR}/conf/base/var/md_size# files for [.filename]#/etc# and [.filename]#/var# file systems respectively.

etc/md_size 16MB, var/md_size 128MB
[source,shell]
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# mkdir ${NFSROOTDIR}/conf/base/etc
# echo 32768 > ${NFSROOTDIR}/conf/base/etc/md_size
# mkdir ${NFSROOTDIR}/conf/base/var
# echo 262144 > ${NFSROOTDIR}/conf/base/var/md_size
....


[[network-pxe-setting-up-dhcp]]
=== Configuring the DHCP Server

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