Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:20:39 -0500 From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@cancercare.net> To: "Donald Burr" <dburr@borg-cube.com>, "FreeBSD Questions List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? Message-ID: <014d01c36d24$1f8c1430$0201a8c0@dredster> References: <D032A40D-D8E3-11D7-B4CB-0003939F9330@borg-cube.com>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Burr" <dburr@borg-cube.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions List" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? > I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, > preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or > at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I > remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. > Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks. > -- > Donald Burr of Borg <dburr@borg-cube.com> | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! > Website: http://www.borg-cube.com/ | http://www.freebsd.org/ > PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 \----------------------------- > Tel: (805)563-0672 ICQ# 16997506 Present Day... Present Time! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" You can configure sysctl options if you create the file /etc/sysctl.conf and put your changes there. Is this what you're looking for? -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration Cancer Care Network 405-733-2230
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