Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:14:12 -0800 (PST) From: peter lageotakes <plageotakes@yahoo.com> To: gerard-seibert@rcn.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Options for a New Kernel Message-ID: <20040210201412.62998.qmail@web14607.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040210132923.53E0.GERARD-SEIBERT@rcn.com>
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--- Gerard Seibert <gerard-seibert@rcn.com> wrote: > I am still trying to learn how FreeBSD works. Can I > create a new kernel file with the following entries > or are they just for use in the loader.conf file? > > hint.acpi.0.disabled=0 # enable ACPI (i386 > only) > hw.ata.ata_dma=1 # enable IDE DMA > hw.ata.atapi_dma=1 # enable ATAPI/IDE DMA > hw.ata.wc=1 # enable IDE > disk write cache > hw.eisa_slots=0 # disable probing for > EISA devices > > If I can place them in the kernel file, what would > be the correct syntax to use, and where in the file > should I place it? Would I have to do anything else > special before compiling the kernel? > > Thanks! > > Gerard Seibert > gerard-seibert@rcn.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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 might want to look into using: sysctl and sysctl.conf http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE&format=html http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysctl.conf&sektion=5&apropos=0&manpath=FreeBSD+4.9-RELEASE ===== ESCape with VI. Cheese A La mode. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
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