Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:26:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Weeks <jim@siteplus.net> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ad0 drivers revisited Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005251122160.536-100000@veager.siteplus.net> In-Reply-To: <200005241953.e4OJr1r23466@cwsys.cwsent.com>
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> In message <392C1D76.45133616@3-cities.com>, Kent Stewart writes: > > The sysctl code in rc IMO needs to be executed earlier. If one is > having problems reading from an ATA boot disk, e.g. cannot load init or > rc, these modes need to be set earlier. Why not a boot flag that sets > atamodes to be as conservative as possible, that could be set in > loader.conf. I see in the loader(8) man page that some sysctl > variables can be set in loader.conf. Can atamodes be set in > loader.conf? If not, maybe it should. Yes, this is it in a nutshell. All of the suggestions so far are good, but they come to late in the boot sequence to fix this problem. Jim Weeks --------- A mind is a terrible thing to lose! How I miss mine... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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