Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:02:44 +0100 From: David Taylor <davidt@yadt.co.uk> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: where to set hw.ata.wc Message-ID: <20010918210244.D961@gattaca.yadt.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20010918185415.L27375@mail.webmonster.de>; from karsten@rohrbach.de on Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 18:54:15 %2B0200 References: <3BA77880.91744255@calcon.net> <20010918094327.U1513@johncoop.MSHOME> <20010918185415.L27375@mail.webmonster.de>
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On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Karsten W. Rohrbach wrote:
> John Merryweather Cooper(john_m_cooper@yahoo.com)@2001.09.18 09:43:27 +0000:
> > An OS upgrade SHOULD only touch /boot/defaults/loader.conf.
>
> why is there /boot/loader.conf.local, then?
>
boot.loader(5):
/boot/loader.conf user defined settings.
/boot/loader.conf.local machine-specific settings for sites with a
common loader.conf.
So you can have a standard /boot/loader.conf across your site, but still
deal with hardware/setup/etc differences.
--
David Taylor
davidt@yadt.co.uk
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