From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 27 22:20:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F4E816A4BF for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:20:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lakemtao07.cox.net (lakemtao07.cox.net [68.1.17.114]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2257143FE1 for ; Wed, 27 Aug 2003 22:20:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from micheal@cancercare.net) Received: from dredster ([68.12.67.176]) by lakemtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.04 201-253-122-130-104-20030726) with SMTP id <20030828052031.GZQC18874.lakemtao07.cox.net@dredster>; Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:20:31 -0400 Message-ID: <014d01c36d24$1f8c1430$0201a8c0@dredster> From: "Micheal Patterson" To: "Donald Burr" , "FreeBSD Questions List" References: Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:20:39 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 05:20:35 -0000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Burr" To: "FreeBSD Questions List" Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? > I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, > preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or > at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I > remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. > Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks. > -- > Donald Burr of Borg | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! > Website: http://www.borg-cube.com/ | http://www.freebsd.org/ > PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 \----------------------------- > Tel: (805)563-0672 ICQ# 16997506 Present Day... Present Time! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" You can configure sysctl options if you create the file /etc/sysctl.conf and put your changes there. Is this what you're looking for? -- Micheal Patterson Network Administration Cancer Care Network 405-733-2230