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From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>
To: Douglas Egan <degan@calcon.net>
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Subject: Re: where to set hw.ata.wc
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On 2001.09.18 09:38 Douglas Egan wrote:
> I want to run with 'soft updates' on ATA-100 Western Digital drives,
> so
> I want to make sure that hw.ata.wc="0"
> 
> I am looking for the definitive solution for modifying this sysctl
> value.
> 
> Previous threads talked about a couple of places:
> 
> /etc/sysctl.conf  - since it is read only value, it has been said
>                     by the time it gets here it is too late.  I have
>                     verified that this has no effect.
> 
> /boot/loader.conf - didn't try, but upgrading OS might overwrite file
> 
> /boot/loader.conf.local - effective, but am unsure if this file is
>                           unaffected by upgrading.
> 
> It seems /boot/loader.conf.local is the place, but I would like to
> know
> for sure.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Doug Egan
> 
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/boot/loader.conf

An OS upgrade SHOULD only touch /boot/defaults/loader.conf.

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