Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:03:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Douglas Egan <degan@calcon.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to set hw.ata.wc Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109181102101.21589-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <3BA77880.91744255@calcon.net>
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, 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 this is the place because it overrides /boot/defaults/loader.conf > > /boot/loader.conf.local - effective, but am unsure if this file is > unaffected by upgrading. I'm not sure this is "supported" > > It seems /boot/loader.conf.local is the place, but I would like to know > for sure. > > Thanks, > > Doug Egan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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