Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 08:42:28 -0700 From: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ad0 drivers revisited Message-ID: <200005241542.e4OFgte22439@cwsys.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 24 May 2000 11:05:00 EDT." <20000524110500.B16056@pir.net>
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In message <20000524110500.B16056@pir.net>, Peter Radcliffe writes: > Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> probably > said: > > > Have you all done a "man sysctl.conf" > > Actually, have you? Read it and see why it will probably not help here. > > DESCRIPTION > The /etc/sysctl.conf file is read in when the system goes into multi-use > r > mode to set default settings for the kernel. The /etc/sysctl.conf is in > > You want it to happen before the system goes multiuser, hence putting > /sbin/sysctl right at the start of /etc/rc > > Unless you see the <old-modes>, -> <new-modes> line, it isn't actually > happening. > > I have it as the first non-comment in /etc/rc on my laptop (the only > IDE disk machine I have) and it works for me. Exactly. You want to set it long before the system goes multi-user, preferably just after boot. A sysctl like this one should be settable in loader.conf or be a boot argument. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/DEC Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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