Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:33:32 -0500 From: Greg Larkin <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Chris Pratt <eagletree@hughes.net>, FreeBSD-Questions Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Boot device question Message-ID: <4900C37C.5020901@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20081023154733.GB89723@icarus.home.lan> References: <E4DE4EFF-905B-46B1-82D8-B2F2C1AB764D@hughes.net> <49009B62.30507@FreeBSD.org> <20081023154733.GB89723@icarus.home.lan>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > AFAIK, at/target/unit are hint commands only available to da(4), > at least that's what I see from the source code. I see no such > support for ad(4), so I do not think this will work for him. > > Also, I'll remind people once more: stop modifying device.hints! The > file can/will be overwritten in some cases, and you will lose your > changes! You're living dangerously. > > Use loader.conf to do what you need; you can literally copy/paste > those lines into loader.conf and achieve the same, without the risks. > Hi Jeremy, Excellent points all - thank you. I will make the migration from device.hints to loader.conf as you noted! Regards, Greg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkkAw3sACgkQ0sRouByUApBwcgCgl3Ka/ilELTHCOfjmnuSU7mtF 0rEAoIgvR2k4kczTKmb1ofFTFXfEL4+W =mkkU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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