Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:52:25 +1000 From: Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> To: "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setting sysctl variables at boot time Message-ID: <200108290052.KAA18243@tungsten.austclear.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com> of "Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:48:08 MST." <006b01c13024$45546800$14ce21c7@avatar.com>
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kory@avatar.com said: > I'm trying to enable IDE write caching by setting hw.ata.wc to 1 at > boot time. The FreeBSD Handbook states that this should be done at > boot time. So I've added 'hw.ata.wc="1"' to boot /boot/defaults/ > loader.conf and /boot/loader.conf, but it seems as if it is not > working. I also am trying to enable directory caching via the > vfs.vmiodirenable variable and getting the same results (not being > enabled). You should put sysctl setting in /etc/sysctl.conf to have them activated during the boot process. Tony -- Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au> Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 Level 4, Rialto North Tower 525 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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