From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 30 13:55:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E7016A4CE for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:55:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mbox.ibctech.ca (dev.eagle.ca [209.167.58.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF80C43D1F for ; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:55:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 74266 invoked by uid 1002); 30 Jun 2004 13:54:52 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (clamscan: 0.73. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.978319 secs); 30 Jun 2004 13:54:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pearl.ibctech.ca) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.ibctech.ca with SMTP; 30 Jun 2004 13:54:51 -0000 Received: from 209.167.16.15 (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@ibctech.ca); by pearl.ibctech.ca with HTTP; Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:54:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4902.209.167.16.15.1088603691.squirrel@209.167.16.15> In-Reply-To: <20040630094531.59de248a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <4860.209.167.16.15.1088601951.squirrel@209.167.16.15> <20040630094531.59de248a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:54:51 -0400 (EDT) From: "Steve Bertrand" To: "Bill Moran" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern.ipc.nmbclusters X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:55:33 -0000 >> >From your experience, where is the best place to load this variable >> from, >> why is it a better location, and what will happen if I don't load it >> from >> the proper place? > > You have to put it in loader.conf because that value is set _very_ early > in the boot process (before sysctl.conf is used) and can not be changed > later. > > You can also put this value in your kernel config and recompile your > kernel. Thanks Bill. It is not completely clear which syntax would be right for the file...this: kern.ipc.nmbclusters=4096 or this: kern.ipc.nmbclusters="4096" I certainly don't need an unbootable box with 1500 mail accounts on it :o) Tks, Steve > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.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" >