Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:27:10 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> Cc: jcouch@netdoor.com, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: sysctl variable hw.ata.wc Message-ID: <20010624232709.A66106@student.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <3B3658DC.A3859F11@iowna.com> References: <01062415502101.00699@katana.amberskogg.dns2go.com> <3B3658DC.A3859F11@iowna.com>
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On Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 05:17:16PM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Jim couch wrote: > > > > If I turn this on at boot time with set hw.ata.wc=1 at the boot prompt does > > this only last till I reboot or is it persistent? > > No, it will be set to the compiled-in default at boot time. > > > If it is not persistent how > > do I go about enableing it so that I don't have to interrupt boot-up each > > time to tun it on?? > > read the man page for sysctl.conf It's pretty simple. Except that this particular sysctl can only be set from the loader. By the time sysctl.conf is read it is already too late. The man page that should be read is the one for loader(8). -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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